Cobb GOP Breakfast Draws Large Crowd As Early Voting Starts

With early voting already underway and the Georgia primaries set for July 20th, candidates are scrambling to round up votes as they enter the home stretch for the primaries.


Two events were front and center today for local candidate. The first event was the monthly Cobb County Republican Breakfast at Williamson Brothers Barbecue. Three Candidates served as headline speakers. The first was Jeff Chapman, candidate for Governor, who joins a very crowded field of 6 other candidates on the Republican ticket. Can anyone say “Runoff”?

Maria Sheffield, candidate for Insurance Commissioner, gave a very inspiring speech and seems to be the best qualified of the candidates to have appeared in front of the Cobb GOP breakfast crown in the previous months.

Brian Kemp finished the session campaigning for Secretary of State. Kemp was recently appointed as interim Secretary Of State by Governor Sonny Perdue when Karen Handel resigned from the office to run for Governor. Kemp spent a large amount of his time delivering a scathing smack down against his sole Republican opponent Doug MacGinnitie for his campaign tactics.

Later on in the day a Senatorial fundraiser for U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson was hosted by Congressman Phil Gingrey, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, and Congressman Tom Price at the Mathis/Davidson/Garrett Property. Isakson is running unopposed in the Republican Primary.