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Bless me, O internet...
May. 18th, 2026 02:31 pmAs always, after voting, I feel shriven. I'm in Georgia. The primary is officially tomorrow, but Sis and I managed early voting last Wednesday. It wasn't just in and out, though, I had to wait nearly two minutes.
I selected the Democratic Primary. My hope is that the Republicans can implode without help. Two of our leading Republican candidates for governor, Burt Jones and Rick Jackson, have been running some of the nastiest attack ads that I've ever seen. My one wish for Wednesday morning is to find that neither of those clowns either heads the ticket or is in the run-off (which is required if no-one gets a clear majority; it only takes the top two).
I'm somewhat hopeful that Buddy Carter -- my current congress critter -- won't make the top of the Republican ticket for Senate. Why, you ask, am I so hopeful? Because in what was his Congressional District, I've seen only one yard sign for him. Jon Ossoff was unopposed on the Democratic ballot, thank heaven.
For some of the "lesser" offices -- I don't think any office is lesser, quite frankly, but they get treated that way -- Ballotpedia, and indeed the candidates themselves, were unhelpful. I ended up choosing two candidates without university degrees. One was the only farmer running for the Commissioner of Agriculture; the other was a pro-union activist (Georgia is a "right to work" state) who was running for Commissioner of Labor.
I picked the only candidate for Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner who had no past affiliation with any insurance company.
Most importantly, I voted for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin. They are running for different State Supreme Court seats against incumbents who have supported the dismantling of women's health care and just generally lean right. I hope neither of these ladies ends up in a run-off.
My one emotional pick is for Representative. I would like Joyce Griggs to get the nod. I think she has a reasonable chance. She's a combat veteran who is in favor of affordable housing, appropriate health care subsidies, and a woman's right to choose. In a ten minute conversation with her, I also found out that she's anti-death penalty, something that doesn't really matter at the Federal level at the moment. If she makes it onto the November ballot, I've offered to be the nice white lady who sits and nods in the background. She said she might take me up on that in certain areas of the Congressional district.
Keep your fingers crossed that we don't have too many run-offs, although, at this stage, they are internecine fights. Run-offs can make people dig in to the extent that they won't support the candidate who wins if it's not their favorite.
We'll know on Wednesday.
I selected the Democratic Primary. My hope is that the Republicans can implode without help. Two of our leading Republican candidates for governor, Burt Jones and Rick Jackson, have been running some of the nastiest attack ads that I've ever seen. My one wish for Wednesday morning is to find that neither of those clowns either heads the ticket or is in the run-off (which is required if no-one gets a clear majority; it only takes the top two).
I'm somewhat hopeful that Buddy Carter -- my current congress critter -- won't make the top of the Republican ticket for Senate. Why, you ask, am I so hopeful? Because in what was his Congressional District, I've seen only one yard sign for him. Jon Ossoff was unopposed on the Democratic ballot, thank heaven.
For some of the "lesser" offices -- I don't think any office is lesser, quite frankly, but they get treated that way -- Ballotpedia, and indeed the candidates themselves, were unhelpful. I ended up choosing two candidates without university degrees. One was the only farmer running for the Commissioner of Agriculture; the other was a pro-union activist (Georgia is a "right to work" state) who was running for Commissioner of Labor.
I picked the only candidate for Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner who had no past affiliation with any insurance company.
Most importantly, I voted for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin. They are running for different State Supreme Court seats against incumbents who have supported the dismantling of women's health care and just generally lean right. I hope neither of these ladies ends up in a run-off.
My one emotional pick is for Representative. I would like Joyce Griggs to get the nod. I think she has a reasonable chance. She's a combat veteran who is in favor of affordable housing, appropriate health care subsidies, and a woman's right to choose. In a ten minute conversation with her, I also found out that she's anti-death penalty, something that doesn't really matter at the Federal level at the moment. If she makes it onto the November ballot, I've offered to be the nice white lady who sits and nods in the background. She said she might take me up on that in certain areas of the Congressional district.
Keep your fingers crossed that we don't have too many run-offs, although, at this stage, they are internecine fights. Run-offs can make people dig in to the extent that they won't support the candidate who wins if it's not their favorite.
We'll know on Wednesday.
