Posted on LP blog:
Libertarian Taylor Bryant is running in the January 5 special election for
Georgia State Senator, District 22.
Mr. Bryant will face three Democrats in the election. There will be no
Republicans, independents, or other party candidates in the election. If
no candidate gets a majority, a runoff will be held on February 2.
Visit Taylor Bryant’s campaign website.
Greetings All,
Congratulations to Libertarian Taylor Bryant for throwing his hat in the ring for the impending Special Election in Georgia’s State Senate District 22 contest. The election will be held on 5 JAN 2010 and turn out can be expected to be low. In 2008 about 54,000 voters cast their ballots in the race that returned Senator Tarver to office in a landslide. What is truly interesting is the fact that Senator Tarver (D) won his first election in the 22nd as a result of a special election that was held after the democrat incumbent was sent to jail for tax evasion, mail fraud and conspiracy. In that special election, Senator Tarver won the day with 8,075 votes.
Taylor Bryant has a real chance of success in this race. As is typical of Libertarian efforts here in Georgia, Mr. Bryant is underfunded and under staffed and needs what ever support you can offer. We’ll be following this contest closely over at Bludgeon & Skewer because we think it will be a bell weather for our efforts in the other special elections soon to be held in Georgia.
State Senate District 42 will have one as soon as congress confirms Bundlin’ Dave Adelman as the new ambassador to Singapore and State House District 19 will have one as soon as Speaker Richardson resigns his office on 1 JAN 2010.
These Special Elections offer the Georgia Libertarian Party and other third party candidates a tremendous opportunity to compete in state level elections we are normally frozen out of due to our fair states Draconian 1943 Jim Crow Ballot Access Laws. It is important to note that the requirements for qualifying for these races are that the candidate be 25 years of age, has resided in the district for at least 12 months and can pony up the $400 filing fee. That’s it.
Good to see that the Third Party Revolution Facebook group has endorsed Mr. Bryant. Please stop by his site and drop a dollar on his donate button!
http://www.bryantforaugusta.com/
We here at Third Party Revolution endorse Taylor Bryant in his campaign for Georgia State Senate, District 22, along with many other third party and independent candidates seeking public offices nationwide, ranging from local to federal levels.