I’ve gotten a few campaign updates over the past week that I really haven’t had time to do a detailed post on, so here’s a shotgun-style update on them:
Tom Knox has indeed filed to run for State Insurance Commissioner, as I reported would happen more than a month ago. I didn’t get any campaign emails, and I don’t know if he has a website or any other contact information (facebook, twitter, email, heck, even a phone number) available. No quick Google search turns up any site, but in related news the post where I first reported this would happen is the second result in Google on a search of ‘Tom Knox insurance’. Pretty cool!
Speaking of the Insurance Commissioner race, Mary Squires’ campaign found that post and emailed me earlier this week this link to a press release they issued late last week with a list of legislative endorsements. Just from a quick glance, it appears that all named are Democrats – which is reasonable, since she is a Democrat. Two SWGA area names are on that list – State Rep Gerald Greene (D-Cuthbert) and State Senator Freddie Sims (D-Albany). Probably the most politically significant name on the list is State Sen Emmanuel Jones (D-Savannah), the head of the Legislative Black Caucus.
Moving into the Attorney General race, Rob Teilhet also picked up Jones’ endorsement earlier this week. Also making the news in that particular race is that Erick Erickson’s friend, Max Wood, has filed to challenge current Cobb County Commission Chairman Sam Olens in the GOP primary for that job. Erick’s endorsement will either be a stroke of genius for him or his death warrant, only time will tell which. Speaking of Olens, PeachPundit reported earlier today that a former US Attorney, Joe D. Whitley, has now endorsed Olens.
Moving into another race, I am hearing via Facebook that Roger Hines has announced that he will be jumping into the GOP primary for State School Superintendent with current officeholder Kathy Cox and SWGA’s Richard Woods.
Speaking of Mr. Woods, don’t forget that I am interviewing both him and Brian Westlake this weekend, and I’d like your input on some questions to ask both of them.
Finally, Kyle Constable has the story of John Oxendine proclaiming to take the 912Candidates Group pledge and receiving an endorsement from them. The problem, according to Kyle, is that Glenn Beck‘s official The 912 Project doesn’t do endorsements, this is a fringe group not affiliated with the official program, and Ox is trying to pass it off as an official endorsement.
