This morning’s Politico has an article on the number of leadership posts that the incoming class of 2010 is demanding be set aside for freshmen. Two slots on the Elected Leadership Committee (ELC), which basically means they will sit at the leadership table and participate in the discussion, one class president (largely irrelevant), and importantly, two coveted slots on the Steering Committee which makes committee | Read More »
RedState backed Tom Graves is the new Congressman for the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. He defeated Lee Hawkins in a special election. There will be a whole new primary in July and general election in November now. This was just the special election to fill the remainder of Nathan Deal’s term. Let’s hope the other candidates see the writing on the wall and step | Read More »
Given that Hawkins has repeatedly sided with liberal Democrats and tax and spenders in the Georgia legislature, it comes as no surprise he also gave money to Max Cleland. That he’d brag about it, though, is troubling. Let’s get Tom Graves to Washington.
We haven’t done enough to promote Tom Graves at RedState. We’ve been — okay I’ve been — so busy it’s fallen by the wayside. But Tom is in a real dogfight in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. The runoff is rapidly approaching for the special election that could make Tom Graves the next Congressman from North Georgia. He is in the runoff against an obnoxious RINO | Read More »
The special election happened in Georgia today for Nathan Deal’s seat in the 9th. With 97 percent reporting, former state Rep. Tom Graves (R) had 34 percent and former state Sen. Lee Hawkins (R) had 23 percent. The Associated Press called the race as headed to a runoff with 80 percent reporting. Typically in Georgia if a candidate goes into a runoff with a 10 | Read More »
Great new commercial from Tom Graves, running in Georgia 9: Consider helping fund his money bomb. Remember, if Tom does not win, a mushy moderate who sides with the Democrats will. We need to support Tom.
What if I told you there was a free-market based jobs package that wound its way through the legislature backed by small business groups, free market groups, conservative groups, tax reform advocates and others? What if I told you that one Republican sided with the most liberal members of the legislature to oppose the legislation? What if I told you part of the reason that | Read More »
RedState previously endorsed Georgia State Representative Tom Graves in the 9th Congressional District race to replace Congressman Nathan Deal. One of Graves’ opponents is his colleague in the Georgia General Assembly, State Senator Lee Hawkins. Of all the things to pick a fight over, Hawkins is opposed to Graves’s very sound legislation to incentivize the creation of private sector jobs in the state using basic | Read More »
In 2008, Freedomworks named only two men as “Legislative Entrepreneurs of the Year.” The men were Florida Speaker Marco Rubio and Georgia State Representative Tom Graves. We all know who Marco Rubio is. We need to know who Tom Graves is. He is running for Congress in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, being vacated by Congressman Nathan Deal. Tom Graves is such a solid pro-entrepreneur conservative, | Read More »
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