Oconee County, GA Politics

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Local Republican electors targeted by last-ditch anti-Trump effort

Stacey Evans, Democratic Representative from Smyrna to the Georgia House, told Oconee County Democrats not to criticize the voters for the defeat of Hillary Clinton and election of Donald Trump on Nov. 8 in Georgia. The Democrats didn’t get out enough of their voters to win the election in Georgia and across the country, she said. Evans said the Democratic Party is on the right side of issues facing Georgia and that she believes the party will have success in the state in the near future not only because of the changing demographics but also because issues the party champions have broad popular support. Evans was speaking to a group of 30–all but four of them women–at the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville on Nov. 13, five days after Donald Trump swept to victory with the support of the majority of the voters in Oconee County and the state. Evans told the group to start working harder at the local level to get Democrats elected to local and state offices. ...

I support and endorse Stacy Evans for Georgia's Attorney General in 2018. Oconee County Observations: Georgia Democratic Representative Advises Oconee C... : From Cobb County Stacey Evans, Democratic Representative from Smyrna to the Georgia House, told Oconee County Democrats not to criticize t...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Turnout Highest In State In An Elect... : 422 Write-In Votes Donald Trump underperformed in Oconee County on Nov. 8, compared with how Republican presidential candidates fared in 2...