The Valdosta Daily Times is one of 13 newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that recently formed the Georgia Newspaper Partnership to better cover the statewide elections this year. Today, we present profiles of the seven candidates running to become the Democratic nominee for Georgia’s governor. Profiles on the Republican candidates for governor will run in Tuesday’s editions of The Valdosta Daily Times.
Today: The Democracts
By Bill Torpy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Valdosta Daily Times
July 5, 2010
VALDOSTA — Thurbert Baker
Thurbert Baker is an undefeated veteran of eight campaigns — five as a state representative from DeKalb County and three as state attorney general. He says he is confident about his chances to become the Democratic gubernatorial. But this one is different. It’s a big-time race and he’s an underdog.
“This is going to be intense,” he said. “You have to take tired out of your vocabulary.”
Baker knows he has his work cut out for him. When he announced his bid for governor in April, 2009, the proven vote-getter was briefly the Democratic front-runner. Baker got more votes than any other Democratic candidate in the 2006 election. The fact that he is African-American seemed to bode well for him in the 2010 primary because about half the state’s Democratic voters — maybe more — are black.
To read about all the Democractic candidates for Governor please tap on the link: http://valdostadailytimes.com/bigstory/x383293920/The-race-for-governor
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