There are four special elections in Georgia tomorrow for state House of Representatives seats but the one seat Republicans fear they could lose in a low-turnout, four-way contest is House District 80. It includes the city of Brookhaven and part of Sandy Springs. Former Brookhaven GOP Mayor J. Max Davis is running against Republicans Catherine Bernard and Loren Collins as well as Democrat Taylor Bennett.
Maverick attorney Bernard has recently been hurt in the GOP-leaning district by a “historic” endorsement from the left-wing Atlanta Progressive News which touts her as the “first Republican” it has ever backed. This endorsement is welcomed news for Davis, tarnished by revelations over what even one supporter labels a “stupid, frat boy prank” that led to a workplace harassment complaint by a city employee against the then-mayor. (The city attorney who tried to cover it up, in collusion with Davis, was forced to resign by the new mayor and City Council.)
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