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- Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Elections
Across the 9th District, local candidates held their own in their home counties
Same seat. Different campaign. And Hall County's former state senator has a long way to go if he wants to be the next representative of Georgia's 9th District in the U.S. House, it seems. Former state Sen. Lee Hawkins, R-Gainesville, received enough votes in a special election Tuesday to compete in a runoff to finish Nathan Deal's term. But support for his campaign was still 12 percentage points behind that of opponent Tom Graves. Though ...
Miller looks to get head start on job
Though the legislature will not be in session, senator-elect Butch Miller may have a busy seven months.
Voter turnout in Hall County higher than expected
Precinct leaders saw a slow trickle of voters roll into Northeast Georgia polling places Tuesday to vote for open seats in the 9th District U.S. House and the state Senate District 49.
Miller rolls past 2 foes in state Senate race
Butch Miller swept the polls, crushing two other candidates for a seat in the Georgia Senate in Tuesday's special election.
Graves, Hawkins headed to runoff in U.S. House race
Voters will have to take to the polls again to decide who will complete Nathan Deal's term in the U.S. House: Tom Graves or Lee Hawkins.
Few voters turn out so far for special election
Voters trickled into polling places across Northeast Georgia this morning for an atypical election that could see low turnout.
Low turnout expected for today’s costly special election
Expecting low voter turnout during a special election is like expecting rain from a cloud shooting bolts of lightning.
Handshakes fuel campaigns with both big, small budgets
While other candidates milked all they could out of the last few moments before the deadline for voters to decide who should replace Nathan Deal in the U.S. House, Eugene Moon spent the weekend close to home.
Voters on the issues
Here is a sampling of responses to The Times' from local voters discussing election issues that matter most to them.
In Republican Hall County, Young Democrats press on
When the Hall County Young Democrats were honored last month as Georgia's Young Democrat chapter of the year, it certainly wasn't for their membership numbers.
Voters seeking the right blend of qualities in US House race
At age 68, Bill Early says he is paying much more attention to the economy than he ever has.
Doctors scrub up to heal House
For 79 years, lawyers have represented the people of Georgia's 9th District in the U.S. House.
House candidates slug it out in special election
From each end of the 9th U.S. House District, Republicans Lee Hawkins and Tom Graves have taken potshots at each other for nearly two months.
Democrat’s name still in the running for 9th District seat
Democrat Mike Freeman, who once said he would seek Georgia's 9th District seat in the U.S. House, has yet to tell the Secretary of State that he's changed his mind.
Two seek North Georgia DA post
For the first time in 12 years, there will be a new district attorney next year in White, Lumpkin, Towns and Union counties.
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