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GEORGIA
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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing Deadline (Major Parties): May 25, 2012
Filing Deadline (Minor Parties & Independents): August 3,
2012
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): September 4, 2012
State Primary: July 31, 2012
Primary Run-off: August 21, 2012
This
page was last updated on January 29, 2012

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Nathan
Deal (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.
LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Casey
Cagle (R)* -
(Campaign Site)

SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Brian
Kemp (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Sam
Olens (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT:
John
Barge (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Gary
Black (R)* -
(Campaign Site)

STATE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Ralph
Hudgens (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
LABOR COMMISSIONER:
Mark
Butler (R)*
-
(Campaign Site)
STATE LEGISLATURE:
State
House - ( Republican
Caucus - Democratic Caucus )
State Senate
- ( Republican Caucus
- Democratic Caucus )
U.S. SENATOR:
Johnny
Isakson (R)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2016.

Saxby
Chambliss (R)*
- Next Election in 2014.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Jack Kingston (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
2:
Sanford Bishop (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Rick Allen (R)
- Medical Supply Company Owner & '10 Candidate
John House (R) - Business Consultant
& Retired Army Officer
District
3:
Lynn Westmoreland (R)*
- (Campaign Site)

District
4:
Hank Johnson (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
J. Chris Vaughn (R)
- Pastor & Ex-Radio Talk Show Host
District
5:
John Lewis (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
Michael Johnson
(D) - Ex-Superior Court Judge
Howard Stopeck (R) - Attorney
District
6:
Tom Price (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Wayne Hecht (Independent)
- Auctioneer, Business Consultant & Volunteer Firefighter
District
7:
Rob Woodall (R)*
-
(Campaign Site)

District
8:
Austin Scott (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Carl Camon (D) - Ex-Ray City Mayor, Educator, USAF Veteran &
'10 Gov. Candidate
Jim Marshall (D) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-Macon Mayor, Attorney &
Vietnam War Veteran
District
9:
** NEW DISTRICT - NO INCUMBENT **
Hunter Bicknell (R)
- Jackson County Commission Chair
Richard Blevins (R) - Hospital Official, Ex-Police Officer &
Baptist Preacher
Jim Butterworth (R)
- State Sen., Ex-Habersham County Commissioner, Airline Pilot
& USAF Veteran
Chris Cates (R) - Cardiologist & '09 Candidate
Doug Collins (R) - State
Rep. & Attorney
Lee Hawkins (R)
- Ex-State Sen., Dentist & '10 Candidate
Clifton McDuffie (R) - Ex-Hall County Chamber of Commerce Executive
Martha Zoller (R)
- Radio Talk Show Host & Conservative Activist
District
10:
Paul Broun Jr. (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Mac Collins (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Sen., Ex-Butts County
Commissioner, Businessman & '04 US Sen. Candidate
Stephen Simpson (R)
- Businessman & Retired Army Officer
Mike Thurmond (D)
- Ex-State Labor Commissioner, Ex-State Rep., Attorney & '10
US Sen. Nominee
District
11:
Phil Gingrey (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Michael Opitz (R)
- Mediator & USAF Veteran

District
12:
John Barrow (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
Rick W. Allen
(R) - Construction Company Owner
Lee Anderson (R) - State
Rep., Ex-Columbia County Commissioner, Ex-Columbia School Board
Member, Rancher & Farmer
Wright McLeod (R) -
Retired Navy Commander, Hephzibah Municipal Judge & Businessman
Brian Nafarrete (R)
- Pro-Life Activist
Jeanne Seaver (R)
- Businesswoman & Tea Party Activist
Maria Sheffield (R)
- Attorney, GOP Activist & '10 State Insurance Commissioner
Candidate
District
13:
David Scott (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
District
14:
Tom Graves (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution
Party of Georgia
Creator's Rights Party
Democratic Party of
Georgia
Georgia Green Party
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Georgia Republican Party
Southern Party of Georgia

STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:

PRINT
MEDIA:
AccessNorthGa.com
Athens Daily News / Athens
Banner-Herald
Atlanta Business
Chronicle
Atlanta Daily World
(African-American)
Atlanta Creative
Loafing (Alternative)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Magazine
The Story (Atlanta Suburbs)
Atlanta Sunday Paper
(Alternative)
Augusta Chronicle
Barnesville Herald-Gazette
Blackshear Times
Brantley Enterprise
Cartersville Daily Tribune
News
Cobb Online / Marietta News
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Fayette County Citizen
Georgia Trend
GoDekalb.com
Gwinnett Gazette
LaGrange Daily News
Macon Telegraph
Main Street News (Banks,
Jackson & Madison Counties)
Newnan Times-Herald
Oconee Enterprise
Rome News-Tribune
The Beacon (Roswell)
Savannah Morning News
Southern Voice (Gay)
Swainsboro Forest-Blade
Thomas County News
Waycross Journal-Herald
BROADCAST
MEDIA:
WAGA TV-5 (FOX - Atlanta)
WGCL TV-46 (CBS - Atlanta)
WSB TV-2 (ABC - Atlanta)
WXIA TV-11 (NBC - Atlanta)

POLITICAL BLOGS & ONLINE RESOURCES:
A la Gauche
Athens Politics
Atlanta Out Loud
Atlanta Public
Affairs
Blog for Democracy
BlogGwinnett.com
Bloglanta.com
Blog of Columbus, Georgia
Building
a Better Moustrap
Buzz Blog
ChrisIsHardcore.com
Confessions of a
Political Junkie
Cracker Squire
Cup O' Joe
Freedom of Thought
Georgia Beat
Georgia Daily Digest
Georgia
Democratic Women's Grapevine
Georgia Liberty
Georgia Politics
Unfiltered
Georgia Reporter
Independent
Conservative
LeftyBlogs: Georgia
Metroblogging: Atlanta
Monotonous.net
New Donkey
Opportunity for
Georgia
Peach Pundit
PhotoDude.com
PoliticalVine.com
Politics 101
Politics & Policy
Radical Georgia
Moderate
Rankin Blog
Red State Rant
Rooftop Blog
What Are We For
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