Peach TEA PAC Targets 17 Georgia House Members

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Addendum: See below

Peach TEA PAC Targets 17 Georgia House Members

Brunswick, GA, March 20, 2012:  Peach TEA PAC announces the release of the names of the members of the Georgia House that will be targeted in the July 31, 2012 Republican Primary election. The following members have displayed a willingness to depart from the conservative principles that form the bedrock of the Georgia Republican Party platform.

Incumbent House Rep July 31, 2012  Primary Result
  • Don Parsons
 Retired
  • Harry Geisinger
 Unopposed
  • Jay Powell
 Unopposed
  • Joe Wikinson
 Unopposed
  • Judy Manning
 DEFEATED (44.39%)
  • Kip Smith
 DEFEATED (47.84%)
  • Mickey Channel
 Unopposed
  • Mike Jacobs
 Unopposed
  • Richard Smith
 Unopposed
  • Ron Stephens
 Unopposed
  • Rusty Kidd (Elected as an Independent)
 Unopposed
  • Sharon Cooper
 Unopposed
  • Tom Taylor
 Unopposed
  • Tommy Benton
 Unopposed
  • Wendell Willard
 Unopposed
  • Chuck Sims
 Won (62.92%)
  • Amos Amerson
 Retired
 

For a detailed explanation of why these elected officials have been targeted along with a detailed tracking report of where they stand in relationship to the five issues important to conservative Republican voters go to Life and Liberty Tracker.

ADDENDUM: Georgia set itself apart from the rest of the nation by defeating more incumbents than any other state in the 2012 General Primary. 11 incumbents will not be returning, 2 of the 11 were supported by us and was narrowly defeated (Doug McKillip lost by 62 votes out of 7310). Of the 17 targeted House members 12 ran unopposed. (We just didn't have enough time to recruit candidates to oppose them. That will not be the case in two years.) Two announced their retirement. In those races which were contested we won two out of three, defeating the richest Republican in the legislature. All were tenured Chairmen.

PeachTEA Party PAC joined Georgia Right to Life PAC in targeting two incumbent Senators whose position on Life has been questionable for years, and defeated Sen Johnny Grant. The other one, Sen. Cecil Staton, only narrowly missed defeat by 204 votes out of over 20,000. Sen. Greg Goggans announced retirement rather than face a challenge.

In addition the PeachTEA PAC opposed Transportation Tax was overwhelmingly defeated, despite an $8 million dollar campaign and the full support of the Republican leadership.

The Personhood Amendment WON with a Super Majority (66%).

For an impartial analysis of this years primary see the Ballotpedia article.

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