GEORGIA 

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): May 2010
Filing Deadline (Minor Parties): July 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): September 2010
State Primary: July 2010
Primary Run-off: August 2010
General Election Run-Off (if needed): December 2010

This page was last updated on December 30, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
[ George "Sonny" Perdue (R)* - Term Limited in 2010. ]
Casey Cagle (R) - Lt. Governor, Ex-State Sen. & Businessman
Karen Handel (R) - Secretary of State, Ex-Fulton County Commission Chair, Ex-Gubernatorial Aide & Ex-Lobbyist
Johnny Isakson (R) - US Senator, Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Sen., Businessman & '90 Candidate
Sam Olens (R) - Cobb County Commission Chair & Attorney
John Oxendine (R) - State Insurance Commissioner
Lynn Westmoreland (R) - Congressman, Ex-State House Minority Leader & Home Builder
Roy Barnes (D) - Ex-Governor, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Tim Golden (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Congressional Aide
Denise Majette (D) - Ex-Congresswoman, Ex-District Judge, '04 US Senate Nominee & '06 State School Supt. Candidate
DuBose Porter (D) - State House Minority Leader, Newspaper Editor & Attorney
David Poythress (D) - Ex-State Adjutant General, Retired Army Lt. General & '98 Candidate
Michael Thurmond (D) - State Labor Commissioner, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Sam Hay III (Write-In) - Environmental Activist, Retired Businessman & '02 Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
[ Casey Cagle (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]
Eric Johnson (R) - State Senate President
David Shafer (R) - State Sen., Ex-State GOP Executive Director & '96 Sec. of State Nominee
Denise Majette (D) - Ex-Congresswoman, Ex-District Judge, '04 US Senate Nominee & '06 State School Supt. Candidate
Michael Meyer von Bremen (D) - Ex-State Sen., Attorney & '08 State Court of Appeals Candidate
Jim Powell (D) - Retired US Dept. of Energy Official, Navy Veteran & '08 State PSC Candidate
Leah Ward Sears (D) - State Supreme Court Chief Justice
Michael Thurmond (D) - State Labor Commissioner, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Allen Buckley (Libertarian) - Attorney, Accountant , '06 Nominee & '04 US Senate Nominee

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Karen Handel (R) * - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Thurbert Baker (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT:
Kathy Cox (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
[ Tommy Irvin (D)* - Retiring in 2010. ]
Terry Coleman (D) - Deputy Agriculture Commissioner & Ex-State House Speaker
Rand Knight (D) - Ecosystem Scientist, Businessman & '08 US Senate Candidate
Gary Black (R) - Georgia Agribusiness Council President & '06 Nominee

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
[ John Oxendine (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2010. ]

STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER:
Mike Thurmond (D)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

C. Saxby Chambliss (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

Johnny Isakson (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2010.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Jack Kingston (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Sanford Bishop (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Hank Johnson (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
John Lewis (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Tom Price (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
John Linder (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Jim Marshall (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 9:
Nathan Deal (R)*

District 10:
Paul Broun Jr. (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 11:
Phil Gingrey (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 12:
John Barrow (D)* - (Campaign Site)
John Stone (R) - Radio Announcer, Ex-Congressional Aide, Conservative Activist & '08 Nominee

District 13:
David Scott (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Georgia
Democratic Party of Georgia
Green Party of Georgia
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
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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