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Travis Klavohn (photo courtesy of the Klavohn campaign)

2018 elections August 27, 2018

Travis Klavohn challenges 20-year incumbent Horacena Tate for Georgia State Senate seat

When Travis Klavohn voted in the 2016 election, he noticed there were very few Republicans on the ballot to represent his South Cobb home. That didn’t seem right to him….

Candidate Matt Southwell standing against a brick wall

2018 elections August 11, 2018

Matt Southwell inspired to run by Bernie Sanders

Matt Southwell has always followed politics, but in early 2016 he was inspired by what he describes as a “cantankerous old man from Vermont” — Bernie Sanders to the rest…

State senator Lindsey Tippins (photo by Keenan Rogers, courtesy of the Senate Press Office)

2018 elections August 3, 2018

Lindsey Tippins runs for another term as state senator for district 37

Incumbent Lindsey Tippins is running again for state senator from district 37, in northwest Cobb County, after holding the position for the past eight years. The Republican senator said that…

Barry Loudermilk image in article about his claim that Jimmy Carter sought Russian help in 1980 (photo from Congressional website)

2018 elections July 22, 2018

Loudermilk claims Jimmy Carter asked for Russian help in 1980 election

In a telephone town hall meeting in February, Congressman Barry Loudermilk of Georgia’s 11th District said that in 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter asked the Russians for help in his campaign against…

2018 elections July 22, 2018

Loudermilk praises Trump’s Helsinki performance

Barry Loudermilk, who represents Georgia’s 11th Congressional district, praised Donald Trump’s performance in Helsinki, which has been widely criticized by both Democrats and many Republicans, and which John McCain called…

Dawn Randolph speaks at Sierra Club forum in Cobb County (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2018 elections, Energy July 22, 2018

Sierra Club candidate forum Part 3: Dawn Randolph

The Sierra Club Centennial Group held a Meet the Candidates forum on July 5 at Life University. The forum included candidates for state legislative seats and Cobb County Board of…

2018 elections July 14, 2018

Flynn Broady runs for Georgia congressional seat to counter ‘message of hate’

Every candidate for political office gets the same question over and over again on the campaign trail: Why are you running? For Flynn Broady, the answer is clear. “I think…

Charisse Davis, candidate for Cobb County School Board Post 6 (campaign photo)

2018 elections, Cobb County School Board July 12, 2018

Charisse Davis aims to unseat two-term incumbent Scott Sweeney on Cobb School Board

When Susan Thayer retires from the Cobb County school board at the end of this year, the seven-member delegation could be left with no female representatives. Charisse Davis, a librarian and…

Andy Clark, Georgia senate district 37 candidate (photo by Shannon Clark, courtesy of the Clark campaign)

2018 elections June 30, 2018

Andy Clark first Democrat in 20 years to run for SD-37

Andy Clark runs for Senate District 37 Andy Clark is running for Georgia state senate district 37, which includes Kennesaw, Acworth, and West Cobb. He is the first Democratic candidate…

Independence Day fireworks in New Year article

Fourth of July June 30, 2018

Independence Day Events across Cobb County

Independence Day in Cobb County If you live in Cobb County, you won’t be far from a town square or park with a firework display this Independence Day. Most shows…

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