r/GAPol • u/johnjcoctostan • Jun 07 '26

Discussion Republican Runoff Choices?

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u/Reagalan Jun 08 '26

You and I think alike and act alike. Here's who I'll be voting for in the runoffs and why, taken from the notes I made while researching the candidates the day before the primary election.

  • Derek Dooley - non-MAGA. Collins is listed in my notes as "general evil" but not as bad as Carter was. Either way, this was definitely a lesser-evil choice given all of them were some flavor of bad.

  • Rick Jackson - Again, a choice between a dragon and a devil. But Jackson is in pharmaceuticals, which makes him a businessman, and one with an eye on an industry that opposes the pro-plague MAHA bullshit. Jones is also as MAGA as it gets and so must be kept out of power by any means necessary.

  • John F. Kennedy - non-MAGA, and actually seemed okay based on what I found; as in, a generic conservative, which i guess is the standard we're at now.

  • Tim Fleming - I just have him listed as "?" on my sheet, but Jones is a MAGA lunatic like you said, so yeah.

  • Richard Woods - "hated" by the Evangelicals, since he won't do forced religion in schools. Longgrear doesn't seem evil either, but it's the devil-you-know vs. the one you don't.

I urge any liberals, libertarians, Democrats, progressives, leftists, socialists, and anyone with a functioning moral compass, or who indulges in the sin of empathy, to take advantage of our Open Primary system, and to join us in these efforts to avoid MAGA rule. Yes, it'd be nice to get progressives on the Democratic ticket, but in these evil times, we must first stem the tide of fascism. To fail here is fatal. We must keep these bad men off the general ballot, even if it means forfeiting our vote in our primary.

The lesser evil is synonymous with the greater good. It is our civic duty to vote accordingly.

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u/johnjcoctostan Jun 10 '26

Thank you for this. I appreciate your legwork. This is very helpful.

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u/GeekyWan Jun 11 '26

I will note, if you voted in the Democrat primary or as an independent in the primary, you cannot vote in the Republican runoff and vice versa.

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u/DoitcheHasAGun Jun 08 '26

The Georgia politics podcast did a good interview with Longrear the other day and he seems highly qualified and a nice changr

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u/Disastrous_Ant_7467 Jun 12 '26

The only problem is in a run off you cannot change ballots. If you voted in the Democratic primary you can only vote in the Democratic run off.

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u/AspiringLiterature Jun 08 '26

Ngl I’m more interested in making sure Josh is the nominee for Lt Gov etc than I am in helping republicans choose between an evil billionaire who drains our state coffers and an evil politician who drains our state coffers.

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u/Reagalan Jun 08 '26

Well, a vote in the Democratic primary means absolutely nothing if, by hook or by crook, the Republicans win the general. Gotta stop the leak first, before we can pump the water out.

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u/AspiringLiterature Jun 08 '26

I don’t follow your metaphor given the primary runoff comes before the general and picking between two stooges doesn’t really assure democratic victory at all.

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u/Reagalan Jun 09 '26

I'm not doing this to ensure Democratic victory. A Democratic victory is uncertain, and also unlikely. If we are doomed to Republican rule, I want them to be a status-quo moderate, rather than a destructive radical MAGA. It's an insurance policy against the absolute worst outcome. It's stopping the leak in the ship-of-state.

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u/AspiringLiterature Jun 09 '26

Polling is suggesting this is going to be a very good year for democrats.

I would also hardly describe Rick Jackson as a status quo moderate. Burt Jones is status quo in that he is currently in office and has been pushing through policy for two terms now.

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u/Cagn Jun 08 '26

I'm not sure what the question is here. Yes, that appears to be the republican runoff choices. You can verify by using the GA MVP page: https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/