Bradley in DC
07-19-2007, 09:27 PM
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GEORGIA: Physician Paul Broun Jr. (R) continues to cling to a 373-vote lead from Tuesday's CD-10 special election. State Senator Jim Whitehead (R), who was heavy favorite to win, was hoping roughly 1,700 absentee ballots were still outstanding from his home base of Columbia County. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Columbia County Elections Director Debbie Marshall said all outstanding absentee ballots in the county were already counted and included in the earlier totals. If Whitehead is likewise hoping for a large number of late military ballots to arrive, Marshall says only 66 such ballots were ever requested from her office. Whitehead has since issued a statement to the Augusta Chronicle saying he expects Broun will be the eventual winner by around 100 votes once the recount is completed. Broun told the AJC he attributes his upset victory to "a coalition of Christian conservatives, disaffected Republicans, and Democrats." From other comments Broun recently made to district residents, Broun sounds like he intends to closely ally with Congressman Ron Paul (R) -- a fellow physician -- as a second conservative-libertarian "Doctor No" in the House.
GEORGIA: Physician Paul Broun Jr. (R) continues to cling to a 373-vote lead from Tuesday's CD-10 special election. State Senator Jim Whitehead (R), who was heavy favorite to win, was hoping roughly 1,700 absentee ballots were still outstanding from his home base of Columbia County. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Columbia County Elections Director Debbie Marshall said all outstanding absentee ballots in the county were already counted and included in the earlier totals. If Whitehead is likewise hoping for a large number of late military ballots to arrive, Marshall says only 66 such ballots were ever requested from her office. Whitehead has since issued a statement to the Augusta Chronicle saying he expects Broun will be the eventual winner by around 100 votes once the recount is completed. Broun told the AJC he attributes his upset victory to "a coalition of Christian conservatives, disaffected Republicans, and Democrats." From other comments Broun recently made to district residents, Broun sounds like he intends to closely ally with Congressman Ron Paul (R) -- a fellow physician -- as a second conservative-libertarian "Doctor No" in the House.