Yikes, Georgia Republicans
I’m not sure it bodes well for a state that is very likely to elect a Republican governor to replace Gov. Sonny Purdue that 2 or the 3 leading Republican candidates have had ethics scandals in the last year.
Nathan Deal is stepping down in a week from his post as a US Representative to focus on his run for Governor. That also, conveniently enough, void a US House ethics investigation into his dealings with the State of Georgia where he was awarded an uncontested contract for $1.5 million of business over a four year span. Good thing he wants to run the state now, huh?
Meanwhile, John Oxendine was caught accepting illegal campaign contributions last year. He returned the money, but it’s never good to get caught with something like that. Especially when you’re the insurance commissioner and you get busted accepting 10 times the legal limit of individual contributions from a guy you go hunting with who heads the Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association.
So yeah. Karen Handel for Republican candidate for Georgia Governor!