No Surprises in Governors Race, Johnson Easily Defeats Jones
Decatur Metro | July 21, 2010Once the strong front-runner for Georgia Governor, Republican candidate John Oxendine’s support proved quite fragile in the final weeks leading up to Georgia’s Primary, as the news narrative abruptly changed last week with Karen Handel’s Sarah Palin endorsement.
Polls leading up to the primary day showed Oxendine falling out of the race entirely, ceeding a second-place run-off spot to Nathan Deal and ultimately when the fingers met the touchscreen yesterday, Oxendine finished 4th behind Eric Johnson.
On the Democratic side, former Democratic Governor Roy Barnes just can’t seem to get enough of the Gold Dome and Democratic voters across the state didn’t stand in his way. Barnes secured 64% of the Democratic vote yesterday to avoid a run-off.
Closer to home, U.S. House Representative Hank Johnson easily defeated Vernon Jones in the District 4 Democratic primary. He will face Liz Carter, who received 55% of the Republican vote, on Election Day – November 2nd.
In the State Superintendent race, Decatur resident Brian Westlake finished third with 59,687 votes behind Joe Martin and Beth Farokhi for the Democratic nod. Martin will face Republican challenger John Barge in the fall.
For more election results, presented in a readable format, check out the AJC’s results page.
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Glad to know that Palin’s ensorsement didn’t help Handel very much.
Scratch that — I misread the post. Sigh.
Come on. I’m pretty thick, but not THAT thick!
Interesting … thanks … being out of state now, I appreciate you doing this. Had not heard that Vernon Jones challenged Hank Johnson; good to know VJ didn’t prevail.
Apparently you weren’t the only one who didn’t know.
Don’t forget John Lewis won too! Johnson only represents part of the city!
Hard to see how Palin’s endorsement helped Handel that much. Oxendine was already fading. Remember that Palin’s own poll numbers are abysmal (mid-20s) and she is especially disliked by women. If it was such a powerful endorsement why did Handel only get 33% of the vote?
More likely as DailyKos points out, is Handel’s U-turn and rightward lurch on her previous position endorsing gay adoption and domestic partner rights:
http://www.dailykos.com/hotlist/add/2010/7/17/18254/3617/displaystory//
Really? You linked The Daily Kos?
Really?
All I know is, if Nathan Deal gets the nomination and *gulp* becomes governor, we are all doomed.
Hey, it could happen (heaven forfend). I remember how Sonny appeared virtually from nowhere 8 years ago, got the nomination & won– just because he wasn’t the other candidate, rather than the fact that he was better qualified. Someone told me that there’s a website that lists the top 20 most unethical politicians, and Deal was #15. *sigh* Can we really do no better than recycling the rejects? I’m just tired of the whole thing already!
Someone told me that there’s a website that lists the top 20 most unethical politicians
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How can anyone choose just 20? Of course, not every single one of them are unethical, but it’s got to be pretty close.