Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republican leaders have railed against the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package passed by Congress last week, pointing out that it includes metrics that favor states with higher unemployment rates, thus punishing those doing better, such as Georgia. “I think it’s a very unlevel playing field,” Kemp said of the bill, which will give disproportionally more money to states including California, New York, and New Jersey. The bill’s impact with regards to Georgia is SINKING…
Dems find mess in CD-11
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign promoting Tracey Verhoeven as the ‘real’ Dem in the race. It didn’t matter in the end as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk cruised to re-election, but Stamper still got 32% of the vote to just 3% for Verhoeven. A failed write-in campaign and a messy election in CD-11 has Democrats there SINKING…
