Category Archives: Elections

June 6, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Who will Govern YOU?

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 6, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim.  Did you know that most voters did NOT vote in the Primary election?  Of Georgia’s 5,048,825 registered voters, only 987,618 voted early or absentee or went to the polls on May 20th.  That’s less than 20 percent.   But the Primary election isn’t over, yet.  There’s a run-off July 22nd in elections where no one got over 50-percent of the vote.

That’s when voters will decide which of two Republicans – Jack Kingston and David Perdue – will run for U.S. Senate to fill the office Senator Chambliss is vacating, and one of them will face Democrat Michelle Nunn in November.  For state school superintendent, Republicans will decide between Mike Buck and Richard Woods, one is FOR common core and the other is AGAINST common core.  Democrats will decide between Alisha Morgan and Valarie Wilson.

Also on July 22nd, four Georgia House district candidates will be decided.  Republicans in House District one will decide between Buddy Carter and Bob Johnson, and Democrats will decide between Brian Reese and Amy Tavis.  The run-off in District 10 is between Republicans Mike Collins and Jody Hice; while Bob Barr and Barry Loudermilk are in the run-off for District 11.  Continue reading →

May 9, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Select Candidates Carefully

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 9, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim.  In eleven days we’ll vote in the Primary election and decide who’ll be on the November General Election ballot.  If for some reason you can’t vote in person on May 20th, there’s still time to get an absentee ballot and vote by mail or go to the polls for early voting.

I cannot express how important it is for you to vote in all these races.  In my county, eight men and one woman are running for sheriff.  All nine of them are in the same party, so party platforms can’t help me decide who should get my vote for sheriff.  That means, I need to learn the facts about each one, individually.

And remember, this is a critical mid-term election, when every member of the Georgia House of Representatives, every member of the Georgia State Senate and every member of the U.S. House of Representatives are up for re-election.  So, next year there’ll be a big change in Congress and the Georgia General Assembly.  That makes the May 20th Primary election extremely important, because voters will decide which Republican, Democrat and Independent candidate will run in November for all those seats. Continue reading →

August 10 Run-off Candidates

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Conservatives Must Vote in Run-Off Races August 10th

Republican Party – Eight Run-Off Races, 16 Candidates

For Governor

Nathan Deal received 155,920 votes (22.9%). Voters rank him conservative by 54% moderate by 21% and liberal by 11%. He believes in the sanctity of life and that life begins at conception and his pro-life voting record is 98% – 100%; a lifetime NRA rating of A and an A rating from Gun Owners of America. He is a native Georgian with a distinguished career as captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps, Georgia prosecutor, juvenile court judge, state senator (5 terms) and U.S. Congressman (9 terms). The National Journal named him one of 10 most conservative in Congress. Non-partisan OnTheIssues.org rates him a “Hard Core Conservative.”

He scored 100 on the Eagle Forum survey


Karen Handel, with 231,959 votes (34.1%), is viewed as conservative by 44% of voters, moderate by 30% and liberal by 14%. She moved from D.C. into Georgia 13 years ago, served as president of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, resigned (2003) to run for Chairman of Fulton County Board of Commissioners. She won. While there, she voted with the Commission to approve grants to Planned Parenthood. During her Commission term, she resigned (2006) to run for Secretary of State and won. Less than three years into her four-year term, she resigned (2009) to run for governor.

She did not return the Eagle Forum survey.

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