...party mayor who ran the city from 1933 to 1945, he ran on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the 1981 mayoral election. He breezed to re-election in both 1981 and 1985, winning an unprecedented three-quarters of the votes cast...
...In response to Georgia's request to pre-clear Sims' legislation, moving the date of Augusta Commis sion and mayoral elections from November to July, U.S. Assistant Attorney Gen eral Thomas Perez said it was a veiled effort to dilute minority...
...also suggests hiking the Atlanta mayor's pay 25 percent, from $147,500 now to $184,300, after the next mayoral election a year from now.The pay bumps would cost taxpayers more than $1.42 million over four years. They would have...
...friends and fans in Augusta, I wish to submit my sincere apologies to those who thought that, in the 2005 Augusta mayoral election, I stepped down to avoid a runoff. I did not step down ? quite the opposite.The system only allows for two top...
THOMSON -- A Georgia judge has rejected a challenge to the result of the Thomson mayoral election. The decision affirms incumbent Mayor Kenneth Usry's 18-vote victory over challenger Delmar "Brink" Bradshaw.Senior Judge...
...portraying Jackson as the outgoing mayor's heir apparent and himself as the best candidate to shake up City Hall. The mayoral election defeat ended Felser's eight years on the City Council. Felser previously served as Democratic Party chairman for...
...laying the blame on us for what may have or may not have happened. It's far-fetched."The city will hold a mayoral election next month, and election for three city council seats, Dunbar said.Bouknight is seeking actual and punitive damages...
...He offered to give the woman free certification, but police wouldn't allow that. State investigating Atlanta mayoral election ATLANTA - Secretary of State Karen Handel is investigating a complaint that a handful of voters in the November election...
...rights are." WORTH NOTING: Mr. Stephens is also running for mayor of North Myrtle Beach. He said if he won the mayoral election and a U.S. Senate seat, he would be positioned well to attach federal earmarks to benefit the Myrtle Beach area...
...think that's what they're looking at," he added. The safety of the Charleston uniforms was an issue during the mayoral election three years ago. Jeffrey Stull, the president of International Personnel Protection, an Austin, Texas, company...
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