Tuesday, July 06, 2010

The Republicans: The Race For Governor

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 Republican nominee for Georgia’s governor. The Democratic candidates were covered in Monday’s paper.

By Larry Peterson
Savannah Now
The Valdosta Daily Times
July 5, 2010

LAKE PARK — Jeff Chapman
Little has changed for Jeff Chapman since last September when he entered the race for this year’s Republican nomination for governor.

“I don’t know anything about him,” Emory University political science professor Merle Black said then. “... I’m not sure that most other people do, either.”

Chapman, a businessman and state senator from Brunswick, apparently remains popular at home but almost unknown statewide.

To read about all the Republican candidates please tap on link: http://valdostadailytimes.com/bigstory/x657355847/The-race-for-governor

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