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In Georgia, Candidates Are Second
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 09, 2013 09:48pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Kevin Sack |
| News Date | Monday, August 5, 1996 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Russell K. Paul, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, has a recommendation for the candidates competing in runoff elections here on Tuesday.
''What we're suggesting is that our candidates run naked through the Closing Ceremonies because that's the only way they'll be noticed,'' Mr. Paul said. ''So far, I haven't had any takers. But they're beginning to get desperate.''
At any other moment, Georgians probably would be full of talk about Guy Millner and Johnny Isakson, the two Republicans vying for their party's nomination to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sam Nunn. After all, Georgia has not had an open Senate seat for 40 years, and the Republicans have a serious shot at picking up the seat.
But given that the polls will open only 31 hours after the Olympic flame is extinguished, most Georgians, and Atlantans in particular, have had little time or inclination to think about politics. For candidates for all manner of offices, the convergence of the Olympics and the runoff campaign has meant inflated advertising rates, an attrition of campaign workers, and, above all, a desperate lack of public interest. |
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