Gary Horlacher Has Some Competition for Democratic Nomination for Secretary of State

A couple of months ago, I wrote about a guy named Gary Horlacher and his bid for the Democratic Party of Georgia’s nomination for the office of Secretary of State.

Over the past month or so, three other candidates have filed paperwork with the State Ethics Committee to run for the office as a Democrat, two of them with websites – and one of them a current officeholder.

In chronological order according to when the Declaration of Intent was filed, the three new candidates are:

Darryl Hicks of Fayetteville, who filed on July 21.

Michael Mills of Atlanta, who filed on Aug 4.

And Gail Buckner of East Point, who filed on Aug 12. Buckner is the current State Senator from the 44th District and was the Democratic nominee for the office in 2006.

Needless to say, many would say Mr. Horlacher no longer stands a chance – IF he ever stood one to begin with. Me, I say the race just got quite a bit more interesting, though realistically even I expect Senator Buckner to once again be the nominee.

Regardless, we’ll know the winner – or at least who will be in any potential runoff – in 328 days.