GOP Meeting-Analysis of Midterm Election Results 11-18-10

Posted By on November 22, 2010

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Dr Trey Hood, Political Analyst

Guest Speaker – Dr. Trey Hood

UGA political science professor and Oconee County resident, Dr. Trey Hood gave us an update on the number of Democrats and Republicans on the state and national level that won their races at the Midtern Election and he gave us statistics on the underlying demographics of the won races.

Message in the monthly GOP Newsletter from the Oconee GOP Chairman, Jay Hanley….

“Fellow Republicans……

“Victory was achieved on Election Day! Republicans took every statewide office on the ballot, picked up seats in both the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate and won control of the United States House of Representatives, including electing Austin Scott over incumbent Democrat Jim Marshall in the Eighth District.

“That brings the Georgia Congressional delegation up to eight Republicans and five Democrats. While we came up a few seats short in the United States Senate, we will be working for control of that chamber in 2012 as well as sending Barack Obama back to Chicago!

“Northeast Georgia Republicans are well-represented as our statewide officers. Both Gov.-elect Nathan Deal and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle are from Gainesville. Secretary of State Brian Kemp is from Athens, Agriculture Commissioner-elect Gary Black is from Commerce, Insurance Commissioner-elect Ralph Hudgens lives in Hull.

“Public Service Commissioner-elect Tim Echols is from Winterville. State Sen. Bill Cowsert is the new chair of the Senate Republican Caucus. State Rep.-elect Hank Huckaby brings years of experience with our state budget, which will assist our area under the Gold Dome.

“Others elected last week include U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson of Marietta, Sam Olens of Marietta as attorney general, John Barge of Cartersville as state school superintendent and Mark Butler of Carrollton as labor commissioner.

“Congratulations also to Congressman Paul Broun on his re-election as well as Mark Thomas for his election as our new school board member.

“Republican candidates received between 70 and 80 percent of the vote in Oconee County.“Our 62 percent turnout is in contrast with Clarke County, which had only a 48 percent turnout despite a crowded, open mayoral race and several contested county commission seats.”

Among Dinner Guests - Amy Byran, John & Marie Caudell, Mark Thomas

 Oconee County again had among the highest general election voter turnouts in the state. Sixty-two percent of voters cast ballots, which was two percentage points higher than the 60 percent who voted in the last midterm election in 2006.

Everyone enjoyed a ‘soup and sandwich’ light meal before speaker Trey Hood took the floor.

Several students from the College Republicans were present and the audience acknowledged the many hours they put in to help Austin Scott from the Macon District win his race.

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As of July 2010, I have reached 76 years. I retired in 2004 and have been enjoying my retirement by getting involved in community activities. I am an active member of the Keep Oconee Clean & Beautiful which I founded with the help of the Oconee BOC in 1992. Also a member of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce (Ambassador), OCAF, the Veterans Memorial Foundation and the local Oconee GOP. In 2007, I was appointed by the BOC Chairman, Melvin Davis as a member of the CSB - Advantage Behavioral Health Systems and last year was voted as the Chairman of that 16-member Community Service Board. Am also the owner of the Web site - a Positive Vision of Oconee County - started in 2004. I began attending government and community events and took photos of the meetings to compliment my articles on the Web site. Since then, I have collected over 40,000 photos. I guess you could call me the roving community photographer. I enjoy meeting people and helping where I can be of help. I am married to Mac McDaniel and have 2 very talented children, Dan and Cindy. I try to stay abreast of happenings in the County and outside the county that if they are relative to Oconee residents so as to record these happenings for posterity. My Photos will be given to the Oconee Library for all to access and enjoy for years to come when I am no longer able to use them.

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