Breaks Over, Special Election in Georgia State Senate District 30!

I’ve been a bit of a lay-about for the last 30 days or so but break time is over.

Biggest news of the last two days is the run off victory of republican Mike Dugan over republican Bill Hembree way out there in Georgia State Senate District 30. The expectation was that veteran politician Bill Hembree would get the nod and face off against Libertarian James Camp in the actual election on 8 JAN 2013. So much for conventional wisdom.

Now the hard work starts for James Camp.

While Dugan is not an entrenched republican incumbent, he will have access to resources that James Camp is gonna have a hard time matching. Sooner or later the rest of Georgia’s media will catch on the fact that this special election for the Georgia Senate is going to determine whether or not we all get blessed with a republican super-majority down at the capitol. Sooner or later the voters of Georgia Senate District 30 will realize they get to call the shot on this. And it probably won’t take all that many of them to determine if we run lemming like into republican state government that won’t say no, or pause and and take a moment to consider.

The differences in participation rates between the 6 NOV 12 general election and the results of the republican run off yesterday are staggering. Going from a 70% general election participation rate to a 6.9% run off participation rate for yesterdays contest really helps illustrate how valuable a vote becomes in the rare and exotic land of run offs. A vote on 8 JAN 2013 is worth 10 votes from 6 NOV 2012. A great return for tapping a touch screen.

If you’re one of the 19,000 Douglas county citizens,  the 10,000 Carroll county citizens or one of the 15,000 Paulding county citizens that voted for either Libertarian Brad Ploeger or Libertarian David Staples for PSC last November then you really should consider hitting the polls and voting for Libertarian James Camp in the special election. Not all of those guys and gals will get to vote in the special election, but if only half of them take the time and make the effort, that’s probably close to victory for James Camp.

Close should be good enough but it ain’t. If you haven’t been to his facebook page, go! If you haven’t commented over at the Douglas County Sentinel, go! If you haven’t hit the donate button at his campaign website, go!

Times a-wastin’!