The Georgia Republican Party took a beating on Saturday from the men running to lead it. Alex Johnson, Michael McNeely, John Watson and Mike Welsh — the four candidates aiming to be the party’s next chairman — debated the party’s failings and what it should do to overcome them before Hall County delegates and members of the public at the North Hall Community Center. Delegates will travel to Augusta in early June to elect the next chairman during the party’s annual convention, which begins June 2.