Time running out for early voting in Senate races
News December 28, 2020
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Georgia voters have only four more days to cast an early vote in the crucial General Election U.S. Senate runoff. Advance voting ends Thursday (Dec. 31). Election Day is Jan. 5
Until then, all voting will take place at the Elections Office, 96 Academy Avenue in Dawsonville between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Election Day is Jan. 5 when all precincts will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
As of last Wednesday when the Elections Office closed for the Christmas Holiday, 5,401 votes had been cast in Dawson County, representing approximately, 25 percent of the county’s registered voters.
According to the Georgia Votes website, approximately two million people have cast early ballots in Georgia. The election will determine which political party will holds the majority in the Senate during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s administration.
To flip control, the Democrats must win both races. If Democrat Jon Ossoff defeats incumbent Sen. David Perdue and Rev. Raphael Warnock defeats Kelly Loeffler, the Senate will be split 50-50 and Vice President Kamala Harris would be cast a tie-breaking vote.
Concerned Women of America meet and greet in support of Loeffler, Perdue scheduled Wednesday
News December 15, 2020
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Dawson County Republican Party President Seanie Zappendorf announced today (Dec. 15) Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) will hold a meet and greet at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Penny Nance
Leaders of the pro-life women’s group are on board their big pink bus traveling from Washington, DC to the Peach State to turn out pro-life women for the two Senate runoffs on January 5, 2021. CEO and President of CWALAC Penny Nance is leading the “She Prays She Votes” GOTV and prayer efforts.
“Now is the time to motivate and mobilize Georgia voters who share our pro-life values,” said Nance. “We must continue our efforts to protect President Donald Trump’s legacy and secure the future of our children.”
Control of the U.S. Senate will boil down to the Georgia runoffs between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Coming off the success of a 12-state bus tour that culminated in the confirmation of conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, CWALAC volunteers have been across Georgia canvassing the state, distributing door hangers, making phone calls, and driving home the GOTV efforts at rallies.
On Thursday, they will hold a meet and greet at the Columbus Airport at noon. On Saturday they drive to Savannah for a 9 a.m. event before travelling to Mercedes Benz Stadium to hold a meet and greet at 4 p.m. prior the the SEC Championship game. That event will take place at the Marshalling Yard RV Lot.
For more information on the “She Prays, She Votes” bus tour and CWALAC’s six-week prayer guide for voters. You can read it here: https://concernedwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CWA-Georgia-Runoff-Prayer-Guide.pdf
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Loeffler blasts “radical liberal” Raphael Warnock as campaign tour stops in Dawsonville
News December 12, 2020
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Three days before the start of advance voting in one of the two most important Senate races in the country, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) brought her campaign to Dawsonville Friday. Her message to Republicans was a stark warning: “If we don’t turn out to vote we will lose the country.”
Loeffler faces Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock in the Jan. 5 runoff. In the other key race, Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) faces Democrat Jon Ossoff. At stake is which political party will control the U.S. Senate. Republicans currently hold a 50-48 majority. If the Democrats win both races, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris could cast a deciding vote to break any ties. Georgia has not elected a Democrat Senator since Max Cleland in 1996.
Dawson County is in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, one of the most conservative districts in the country. As Congressman-elect Andrew Clyde pointed out in introducing Loeffler to the 100 or so people in attendance, “We are the mighty 9th Congressional District. We are 83 percent Republican. There are more Republicans in the 9th District than any other Congressional District in Georgia.”
Supporters line up for photos with Sen. Kelly Loeffler and 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde (center) outside the legendary Dawsonville Pool Room Friday.
Loeffler delivered an explosive no-holds-barred speech filled with the red meat many in the crowd had come to hear, referring to her opponent as a “radical liberal” and reminding them of his own words.
“He called our police gangsters, thugs and bullies and a threat to our children,” she said. “He also said we should empty our prisons, get rid of cash bail and turn dangerous, violent criminals out on our streets, leaving Georgians to fend for themselves while he waters down our Second Amendment rights. He said you can’t serve in the military and serve God. I resent that attack. It’s completely wrong. We will always stand with our heroes who have held the line of freedom for us. We have 700,000 of them in our state right here.”
She also said, “It’s not just the radical things he says, but the people he has celebrated. He invited Fidel Castro into his church, the Marxist, communist, murderous dictator Fidel Castro. He also celebrated Jeremiah Wright, the anti-American, anti-Semetic Jeremiah Wright.
She spoke about last Sunday’s debate with Warnock during which he sidestepped questions about his comments in support of Marxism and his willingness to pursue court packing.
“I gave him a chance to renounce Marxism and socialism,” she said. “He declined to do that. He wrote a book praising Marxism over 100 times.” Loeffler was referring to the 2014 book he authored entitled “The Divided Mind of the Black Church.”
“We have to stand up for our conservative values,” she said. “I have fought from Day 1 against the radical left, the cancel culture, big taxes and China. I stood up to defend innocent life, the Second Amendment, the border, law enforcement and the military and to make sure we put America first.”
She concluded by stating, “If we don’t turn out the vote we will lose our country. Together, we are going to stop socialism in its tracks. Together, we are going to save our country and the American dream.”
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Loeffler’s All About America tour visits Gainesville
Business, News November 2, 2020
HALL COUNTY, Ga. – Former U.S. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley joined Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) when the senator’s All About Georgia tour stopped at Curt’s Cafeteria in Flowery Branch Friday.
Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Johnny Isakson, who resigned due to health reasons. She is now campaigning to retain the seat against 20 other candidates.
Haley told the breakfast crowd at Curt’s, “Gov. Kemp, you got it right.”
Speaking on behalf of Loeffler, she said, “She is going to be a rock star. She has not let you down. She went to Washington and put business to work. That’s what happens when you put a business person in Washington. They understand the value of a dollar. She understands when you give a person a job, you take care of a family.
“She’s been a fighter against the Black Lives Matter movement and against defunding the police. She is a fighter for term limits. She has had the back of our law enforcement every step of the way. We have to fight for her. We have to protect her.”
Loeffler began by taking a swipe at Democrats in general and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden in particular. “When he talks about a ‘dark winter,’ he’s not talking about a change of seasons. He’s talking about his vision for America,” she said.
“He wants to raise your taxes. He wants you to pay $2,000 a year more so they can have more power. They want to take away your health insurance so government can bankrupt Medicare and Medicaid. They want to blow up our energy independence and make sure we go back to being dependent on the Middle East. But we’re not going to let that happen.”
She said Congress needs more business people “who know how to create jobs and more conservatives who won’t be intimidated by the swamp, the deep state, fake news.”
Loeffler said she was proud to be ranked the most conservative U.S. Senator.
“I have a 100 percent voting record with President Trump. I am endorsed by National Right to Life and every major pro-life organization. We should not give a dime to Planned Parenthood. It is a disgrace and it’s immoral. We should defund it.”
Loeffler also pledged to continue to protect the Second Amendment. She introduced the Gun Owner Privacy Act that bans the use of federal funds to store personal information collected during background checks attached to gun purchases.
She also took a called out the big tech companies for silencing the speech of conservatives but not the speech of “terrorists liberals and anyone else” and accused her Republican, opponent Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from big tech.
“We have to hold big tech accountable,” she said.
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