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Kingston says Republican Senate primary will be very focused
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Savannah, calls the federal Affordable Care Act a “train wreck waiting to happen.”
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“Business, especially businesses with 50 to 200 employees, don’t know exactly what is expected of them and how to comply with it. They are very apprehensive,” he said. “Just when we need them to be taking risks and expanding and creating jobs, they have this enormous uncertainty that’s weighing them down.” -
Whitfield County Republicans to hold county convention
On Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m. the Whitfield County Republican Party will convene for the party’s county convention. The county convention will convene for the purpose of electing delegates and alternate delegates to the 14th Congressional District Convention and the State Convention. Additionally, the convention will be adopting the rules of the county Republican Party and electing officers for the 2013-2015 term.
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Chitwood wins again
Scott Chitwood, Whitfield County’s long-time sheriff, is here to stay for four more years after besting his rival, former sheriff Jim Stafford, by more than 6,000 votes on Tuesday.
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Langford defeats incumbent Ensley
Gary Langford campaigned on the idea that Murray County residents needed to replace their sheriff of 24 years, and — in a year in which the sheriff’s office became entangled in a criminal investigation that resulted in two people being fired — voters by a significant margin agreed.
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Barton gets second term, new friend
Republican incumbent Thomas Barton said he is “overjoyed” that voters re-elected him to a second term on the Whitfield County Board of Education from District 1 on Tuesday.
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Kingston says Republican Senate primary will be very focused
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Kingston says Republican Senate primary will be very focused
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Savannah, calls the federal Affordable Care Act a “train wreck waiting to happen.”
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“Business, especially businesses with 50 to 200 employees, don’t know exactly what is expected of them and how to comply with it. They are very apprehensive,” he said. “Just when we need them to be taking risks and expanding and creating jobs, they have this enormous uncertainty that’s weighing them down.” -
Congressman Broun says he is running for Senate
The worst-kept secret in Georgia politics is official: Rep. Paul Broun is running for the U.S. Senate.
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Republicans win in 3 special elections
Republicans were victorious in all three special elections for seats in the state House and Senate.
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Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Athens
Election officials in Athens-Clarke County say Charles Darwin received nearly 4,000 write-in votes after a Georgia congressman denounced evolution and other scientific theories as “lies straight from the pits of hell.”
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Charter school amendment on its way to approval
Whitfield County Schools Superintendent Danny Hayes said Tuesday night he expects lawsuits in the wake of the passage of an amendment to the state constitution that will create a state commission that can approve charter schools.
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Kingston says Republican Senate primary will be very focused
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Talk of GOP primaries follows ’fiscal cliff’ vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives.
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RNC looking into what went wrong in 2012
The Republican National Committee on Monday announced an inquiry to look at what went wrong in 2012’s presidential election and how the GOP can respond to the nation’s shifting demographics and adopt smarter political strategies.
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Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack Obama back in the White House.
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Face of US changing; elections to look different
It’s not just the economy, stupid. It’s the demographics — the changing face of America.
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Healing the divisions in postelection America
Baine’s Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass and blues on their lips.
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Talk of GOP primaries follows ’fiscal cliff’ vote



