Update: Holcomb and Boedeker Slug it Out in 81
Scott Holcomb had a prominent Democrat step down so he could run for the seat. Meanwhile, Chris Boedecker flashed a few bare-knuckled tactics to win.
Update: 10:32; Race could be out for Boedecker. Boedecker 45 percent vs. 55 percent for Holcomb with 55 percent. Update: 9:35 p.m;Race tightens a bit. Boedecker 43.5 perecent vs. 56.4 for Holcomb. 9,695 votes counted. Still a wide margin. 60 percent is a whooping Update: 9:00 p.m.; In the state House 81 race, Holcomb leads Boedeker 57% to 43% with 5 of 16 precincts in that race reporting.Holcomb looking good. Our reporter at DeKalb election central reporting that in-person absentee votes for House District 81: 6,020 votes total; Boedeker, 2,626 votes and 43.6 percent; Holcomb, 3,389 votes and 56.30 percent. Tucker, North Druid Hills and Brookhaven’s hotly contested legislative election started in a unorthodox manner. Georgia's …
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Tom Doolittle
5:10 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I'm a Conservative (am conservative in most respects)--really libertarian. That can mean many different things. For me, conservative and libertarian are terms rooted in "stewardship" and "humble governance" (judiciously and sparingly applied). None of that exists in this particular one party we have railroading issue after issue. I wonder if anyone has stopped to consider how much time and energy… more ›