by Walter Jones | Oct 15, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Voters weary of candidates who have beat each other up in television ads for months may be glad to know there are actually more options when it’s time to cast a ballot.That’s because there are more than a dozen other candidates to...
by Walter Jones | Oct 14, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Georgia’s gay-marriage ban has become an issue in the race for attorney general as the two candidates spar over whether to defend the law against court challenges. Democratic hopeful Greg Hecht says he won’t defend it because 25...
by Walter Jones | Oct 13, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The candidates for state superintendent of schools offered differing prescriptions for raising the high-school graduation rate during their only televised debate Sunday. Republican Richard Woods, a veteran educator from South Georgia, said the...
by Walter Jones | Oct 6, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Controversy about alleged fraud in voter registration thrust the normally obscure race for secretary of state into the headlines, and now the candidates for the post are trying to make the most of it. Republican incumbent Brian Kemp is trying to fend...
by Walter Jones | Oct 2, 2014 | James Magazine
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Democratic nominee Robbin Shipp told a forum Monday night if she becomes labor commissioner she’ll push for a higher minimum wage and stronger unions, the first candidate for the post in recent memory to take a stance so at odds...