...Wright McLeod, who came in third in last year's Republican primary, has decided not to run next year. GEARING UP...smileWas on the crocodile! WHEW! Whoever wins the Republican primary will have to run fast to catch Barrow, because...

...who placed third last year in the 12th District Republican primary won by unsuccessful nominee Lee Anderson, informed...Allen, who lost to Anderson in last year's Republican primary runoff, filed a statement of his candidacy for...

...Barrow in 2008, has announced his candidacy. Augusta businessman Rick Allen, who placed second in last year's Republican primary, said he'd announce his intention after last weekend's state GOP convention. So far, he hasn't.State Sen...

...as long as they don't blow their chances with a nasty, expensive primary. Some blame a bruising, four-way Republican primary last year for giving Barrow the edge he needed to win."We had an absolutely awful primary in the Repub lican...

...released at the start of the Georgia Republican Convention.The poll of 1,351 people with a history of voting in Republican primaries was conducted Thursday night by GaPundit.com with an automatic caller just hours before Karen Handel announced...

...Democrats are still looking for a candidate, but they celebrated Handel's entry into the race."The divisive Republican primary appears to get more volatile by the day and is certain to produce a nominee that is too extreme for mainstream Georgians...

...to Congress on platforms to replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax."It's tough to run in a Republican primary and not be for it," added co-sponsor Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville.Alan Essig, the executive director...

...supported putting limits on lobbyist spending in nonbinding ballot questions.About 87 percent of voters in the Republican primary election - roughly 827,800 people - voted to support a $100 limit on lobbyist gifts. Nearly 73 percent of voters...

...leading Republican pollster, was more measured, but offered the same bottom line. "This law remains toxic among Republican primary voters," he told The Associated Press.At the Tennessee Hospital Association, president Craig Becker has spent...

...Carolina's First District congressional runoff election.Sanford stomped 15 other strong candidates in the special Republican primary election to emerge victorious as our Republican nominee for this crucially important congressional seat. A Republican...