by Charles Bullock | Jun 23, 2017 | The Forum
There are some things that even $30 million can’t buy. Expenditures in that range failed to secure victory for Democrats in the special election to fill Tom Price’s congressional seat. The millions spent between the April primary and the June 20 second...
by Charles Bullock | Jun 4, 2017 | The Forum
Although I know nothing about her sports team loyalties, I suspect that GOP 6th U.S. Congressional District candidate Karen Handel is a Falcons fan. But she now finds herself needing to replicate the New England Patriots’ furious fourth quarter rally if she is...
by Charles Bullock | Jul 26, 2016 | James Magazine
Although those who did not make it to the polls in May can vote in today’s party runoff elections, participation is almost certain to fall. In the runoffs held in the most recent presidential year, turnout fell in all 15 runoffs for congressional and state...
by Charles Bullock | Jul 20, 2016 | The Forum
Like it or not, Georgia requires that partisan nominees get a majority of the vote. When no candidate polls a majority, the top two finishers compete in a runoff. The state has had this requirement in place for more than half a century. When a runoff is...
by Charles Bullock | Feb 25, 2016 | The Forum
The descent has been less spectacular than that experienced by Jeb Bush, but Hillary Clinton has gone from heir apparent to street scrapper fighting desperately to claim what she thought to be her birthright. A photo finish in Iowa followed by a blowout loss in New...
