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Cobb County Board of Education Chairman David Chastain (screenshot from the video proceedings of the board)

Education October 3, 2019

Updated: Racism cited as factor in Cobb BOE’s decision to stifle board comments

[Update: The Cobb County School District responded to our inquiries for this article after the article was submitted, but before it was published. As editor I should have caught that…

Keli Gambrill during discussion of J.C. Bradbury appointment

Cobb County September 10, 2019

Conflict at Cobb BOC over appointment of J.C. Bradbury to Development Authority

A sharp exchange took place at the Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday over District 1 Commissioner Keli Gambrill‘s recommendation to appoint Kennesaw State University professor Dr. J.C. Bradbury…

Leroy Tre' Hutchins (photo courtesy of his campaign)

Cobb County schools August 2, 2019

Leroy Tre’ Hutchins to run for Cobb County School Board

Leroy Tre` Hutchins announced on Wednesday that he intends to run for the Post 3 seat on the Cobb County School Board. Hutchins, a 35-year resident of Cobb County and…

2020 Elections July 9, 2019

Rachel Kinsey: candidate for U.S. House District 11

Rachel Kinsey announced plans to run for US House of Representatives in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District. A 39-year-old resident of Woodstock, Georgia and small business owner, Kinsey is running on…

Max Bacon upper body shot. Bacon is bearded, with white hair. He is wearing a dark sports jacket and an open-collared dress shirt. The shot is an upper-body shot, and he is smiling face-forward into the camera

2019 Elections July 8, 2019

UPDATED: Feisty as ever, Max Bacon seeks 10th term as Smyrna mayor

UPDATE: Max Bacon announced this morning that he will not seek reelection. We will be posting updated information as it becomes available. Opponents may have a lot to say about…

2018 elections October 24, 2018

Georgia 6th Congressional District debate

Though they had never met in person before, there was more than a little tension when Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Lucy McBath faced off in a televised debate Tuesday…

Karin Sandiford (photo courtesy of the Sandiford campaign)

2018 elections August 21, 2018

Karin Sandiford supports Medicaid expansion, gun reform

Karín Sandiford has four reasons to run for House District 46: Her four children. The Brazil-born transplant immigrated to America at age 11, and family and politics are the core…

Crowd rises to applaud Stacey Abrams at Gala of Cobb Democrats

2018 elections, Cobb County Democrats August 19, 2018

Optimistic Cobb Democrats celebrate ‘Infinite Shades of Blue’ at the Omni Hotel

There’s a blue wave coming in Cobb County. At least, that was the message delivered by a host of high-profile political candidates and party insiders during the Annual Awards Gala…

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…

Keli Gambrill at a Sierra Club Meet the Candidates forum (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

2018 elections, Cobb County board of commissioners July 25, 2018

Gambrill defeats Weatherford in Cobb District 1

Challenger Keli Gambrill defeated incumbent District 1 Cobb County Commissioner Bob Weatherford in Tuesday night’s run-off election. Since no Democratic candidate qualified during the primary, Gambrill will serve on the…

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