Oconee County, GA Politics

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 46 MARISUE HILLIARD E-mail: info@hilliard46.com PARTY: DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT: NO OCCUPATION: RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER/ MANAGER QUALIFIED DATE: 03/07/2018 WEBSITE: www.hilliard46.com Contact: Media Relations Phone: 706-308-5522 E-mail: info@hilliard46.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Democratic candidate Marisue Hilliard Qualifies to Run for Georgia Senate District 46 Campaign Seeks to Represent the People of Georgia, not Corporate Lobbyists Watkinsville, Ga., March 7, 2018 – Marisue Hilliard, former U.S. National Forest Supervisor and newcomer to politics who is the local leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, today qualified to run for Georgia Senate District 46. Hilliard’s candidacy means Republican Georgia State Senator and GOP Senate Leader Bill Cowsert will face opposition at the ballot box for the first time in nearly a decade in a district that was gerrymandered to retain Republican control. Marisue Hilli...

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Athens Sen. Cowsert to announce intent on congressional run  which is fine because he is prevented by law from raising funds as long as the State Legislature is in session

It may take only ten business days or just a little longer, but that is when you can expect State Senator Bill Cowsert to make his official announcement for his intention to run for the Republican nomination for the 10th District Congressional seat left vacant when Paul Broun decided to run for the US Senate seat held currently by Saxby Chambliss. Cowsert sounded like he was running this morning on Tim Bryant's NewsMaker Monday as well as in the announcement he sent to Blake Giles of the Oconee Enterprise this afternoon. The only other announced candidates are a couple of extremists in John Douglass of Social Circle and a Tea Party activist from the Augusta area named Brian Slowinski. The Oconee Enterprise > Latest Updates > Cowsert to make announcement soon

This is no longer funny  - time to call your Senator and take names - Chip Rogers must be removed from his Georgia Public Broadcasting crony job. We cannot put up with Good Ol' Boy politics under the Gold Dome or anywhere else in Georgia any more. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 08:10:24 -0600 From: bryan@bettergeorgia.com To Subject: Ever see a Georgia Senator hide behind office equipment? Better Georgia Hide & Seek The fallout from Chip Rogers' $150,000 per year, taxpayer-funded job keeps getting bigger. Last week, State Sen. Bill Heath grew tired of hearing from taxpayers asking for GPB to fire Chip Rogers so he sent a nasty email to thousands of Georgians. He told them they had been 'conned.' He was 'annoyed' by emails that, he said, were a 'waste of my time.' He lied about how Better Georgia uses and protects your valuable email address. He also called us ...

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"Members of the Clarke County Democrats are supporting my write in campaign for the 46th State Senate district. Tell your friends to write me in as a protest against Republican misrule of the State," said Dr. David Jarrett on his Facebook page Sunday. He will be running against three term incumbent Republican Bill Cowsert. Whether this is strictly symbolic or will actually count for something depends on whether or not Dr. Jarrett registered his write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State's office by the deadline in June I believe.  A check of the Secretary of State's website Sunday indicated no opposition for Cowsert, so any votes for Jarrett will not be counted.  Jarrett subsequently indicated that he had not officially registered his write-in candidacy with any official election officers at either the state or local level by the deadline Dr. Jarrett is a practicing psychiatrist and addiction counselor in Athens-Clarke County. 

October 13, 2008 State Senate Candidate Forum from Lee Becker on Vimeo .

Maybe two dozen people came out to the Oconee County Library on Columbus Day night for a candidates forum featuring the people vying to represent Oconee County in public office November 4th. Sherry Jackson and Bill Cowsert took questions from the audience for the District 46 State Senate race while Rick Clark and Tom Breedlove took questions in the Board of Education race. Tom Leach took questions in the Board of Commissioners chair race without opposition of incumbent G. Melvin Davis.

Another well timed public forum event well worth your attendance with Sherry Jackson and Bill Cowsert in Athens Thursday. I really look forward to hearing the Ed Robinson - Red Petrovs exchange as well. Please attend if you can.  Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: ksolheim@hotmail.com To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: FW: Thur., October 9 candidate forum Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:16:49 -0400 Dear CCDC members and friends,   See email below that contains details about this Thursday's candidate forum.   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications   ==============================================================       CONTACT: Larry B. Dendy, 706-542-8078 (O); 706-546-0431 (H); ldendy@uga.edu Candidates for two local State Senate seats and two positions on the Athens-Clarke County Commission will participate in a public forum this Thursday, Oct. 9, from 7-9  p.m. in Mas...

More splendid insight and opportunities for Oconee enlightened voters. From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM Dear Friends, Please mark your calendars for two important upcoming meetings: 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 7, Oconee County Courthouse. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners to discuss the proposed Epps Bridge Centre on Epps Bridge Parkway. See my blog of last night for details ( www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com ). 7-9 p.m. Monday Oct. 13, Oconee County Library in Watkinsville. Candidate Forum. Oconee County Board of Education candidates Tom Breedlove and Rich Clark, 46th Senate District candidates Bill Cowsert and Sherry Jackson, and Tom Leach, write-in candidate for the chairmanship of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, have agreed to take part. The Forum is being organized by members of five citizen organizations: Citizens for Oconee's Future, Citizens for South Oconee County, Friends of Barber Creek, Fr...

Oconee County primary election season is almost upon us, and lots of signs of the upcoming early voting are here. First a few warnings: AVOID WATKINSVILLE AT NIGHT: unless you like to wait on Main Street for 15 minutes for an escort car to lead you around the on-going paving. I would suggest using Experiment Station Road, Water Street, Barnett Shoals or Whitehall/Simonton Bridge or any number of cut-thru routes or alternative roads or get on a bike or walk. THUMBS UP to my young NAMELESS neighbor : although he was not responsible for the ongoing vandalism to the ridiculous amount of political yard signs in my scruffy yard, he took the initiative to correct the turning upside down of the signs and what not when I came home at an odd hour for lunch the other day and most of the neighborhood kids were sitting under a tree and I had to threaten calling the cops on them. BTW, homey, I am glad you can read, and I appreciate your comment, but there is such a thing as a fair use doctrine and t...

Oconee County may account for only 22% of the 46th state senate district , but I wager our turn out will be upwards toward 80% of those eligible to vote will pull the lever or insert the card. Remember the register to vote by Monday if you have not done so already.