The Republicans were the first ones into the Columbus airport Monday morning, the eve of the General Election.
A once hotly contested voting precinct consolidation plan will get its first tryout Tuesday as Columbus voters cast ballots for mayor, city council and school board.
Throughout East Alabama this weekend, candidates for the state legislature were attending pancake breakfasts, syrup soppings, barbecues and church gatherings before voters go to the polls on Tuesday.
Going into Tuesday’s election, Republican Nathan Deal leads Democrat Roy Barnes by seven percentage points in the heated race for Georgia governor, but the contest still could be headed toward a runoff, according to a new poll conducted for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and the other members of the Georgia Newspaper Partnership.
Georgia voters have three options this year for state school superintendent: two career educators and an Atlanta businessman who has been advocating for public education for decades.
Columbus residents who encounter a line this week at the Columbus Public Library's advance voting poll should remember that three other city polls are open and typically do not draw the same crowds the library does, says Nancy Boren, executive director of the Muscogee County Office of Elections and Registration.
As Columbus heads into the final stretch to the Nov. 2 general election, three new polls for advance voting will open up this week.
The race for the Council District 9 seat is the most crowded in Columbus, but all the candidates feel upbeat about their chances to win the at-large seat.
The race for Columbus Council District 3 pits incumbent Julius Hunter Jr. against Benny Parker and Bruce H. Huff, two of the more active residents in the community over the last three decades.
Michael Thurmond may have a piggy bank to Republican U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson’s war chest, and a quiet state office to Isakson’s august national podium. But Thurmond says that’s all he needs to beat him.
WASHINGTON — For four years when Democrat Larry Walker was majority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives, Republican Johnny Isakson was minority leader.
Democratic candidate for governor Roy Barnes appeared alongside a pair of local businessmen at a news conference in Midtown Atlanta’s Technology Square this month, trumpeting his plan to revive Georgia’s economy.
Nathan Deal looks at Georgia’s economic situation and sees a state business climate that hasn’t kept up with neighboring states.
The Muscogee County School District has reduced its budget by more than $100 million since 2002, and District 6 board member Brenda Storey said deciding what to cut hasn’t been easy.
Bob Hydrick says he was “the boy mayor.”
ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop said Wednesday he wasn’t involved in awarding scholarships from the nonprofit Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and niece, an issue dogging his re-election bid in southwest Georgia.
Columbus today had the highest daily turnout so far in early voting, with 237 residents casting ballots by the time voting ended at 4:30 p.m.
With no-excuse, in-person absentee voting headed into its third week, Columbus has had only one day so far when fewer than 100 people voted at the elections office in the west wing of the Columbus Government Center, 100 10th St. Today's total could top 200, which last happened Sept. 24, a Friday.
Candidates for Columbus mayor answered questions at a Sunday debate and got to ask a few of their own.
The turnout for the first two weeks of early voting in Columbus has been so heavy that 2010 may turn out to be more like a presidential than a mid-term election year.
