Two days before the special election, the AJC has an extensive profile on the District 42 Georgia Senate race in this morning’s paper.
In summation, Jason Carter has a lot of money (thanks to donors from both inside and outside the state of Georgia) and he’s got name recognition. Main challenger Tom Stubbs asserts that Carter has bigger political aspirations beyond District 42 and questions Carter’s long-term focus on his district. Both being Democrats, there seem to be few items of policy on which the two candidates disagree.
Only 8,000-9,000 folks are expected to turn out and vote in this Tuesday’s special election, which makes it unpredictable, even with Carter’s substantial monetary advantage.
P.S. Another article in the AJC a couple days back about this race made another interesting observation. The person elected to this post will never serve in the legislature during this current term, since it ends this year. So in accuality, District 42 candidates are running to have the word “incumbent” notated after their name on the November ballot. Interesting.
Disclosure: Both Stubbs and Carter are currently DM sponsors