By Errin Haines
Associated Press Writer
AP News
Athens Banner-Herald
June 15, 2010
ATLANTA — As many as one in five Georgia senators and representatives will be new lawmakers when the 2011 Legislature convenes in January.
While some will succeed incumbents who retired, much of the turnover can be linked to the dozens of ambitious legislators have set their sights on higher offices during a wide-open Georgia election season. In addition to a U.S. Senate seat and all 13 U.S. House seats, all of the state's constitutional offices are up for grabs — a proposition too hard for some at the Capitol to resist.
"Every office but the lieutenant governor has no incumbent running, which in itself is pretty unprecedented," said Georgia State University political science professor Steve Anthony. "One of the old adages in politics is 'timing is everything.' There's a lot of opportunity this year and people are hoping they can take advantage of it."
Anthony — who served as chief of staff to Tom Murphy, the longest-serving House speaker in any U.S. state legislature — said change at the Capitol is hardly unusual. Lawmakers routinely rotate out after a few terms, choosing to retire or losing a re-election bid.
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