{"id":389,"date":"2012-10-24T06:51:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/candidates-again-tonight-aauw-2012-10-24.html"},"modified":"2012-10-24T06:51:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T10:51:37","slug":"candidates-again-tonight-aauw-2012-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/candidates-again-tonight-aauw-2012-10-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Candidates again tonight @ AAUW 2012-10-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nWill any of our incumbent state legislators show up this time?\nTheir challengers have spoken every time.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdosta-ga.aauw.net\/calendar\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32c4534a970b at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e907970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e907970c-pi.gif\"  alt=\"AAUW logo\"  \/><\/a>\n7PM tonight is the last time to see all the local candidates in one place:\nWednesday 24 October 2012,\nPerforming Arts Center, Valdosta High School, 3101 North Forrest Street, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdosta-ga.aauw.net\/calendar\/\">\nAAUW presents a Political Forum.<\/a>\nThis one, unlike some previous ones, is advertised on the sponsoring\norganization&#8217;s website\n(although oddly not on its\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AAUW.National\">facebook page<\/a>)\nand <a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.eviesays.com\/event\/iid\/7111389\/name\/AAUW-Political-Forum.html\">\nin the VDT calendar.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSo far, Ellis Black (R 174) 0 of 3, Amy Carter (R 175), 1 of 3, and Tim Golden (R Sen-8) 1 of 3.\nChallengers Teresa Lawrence (D 174), JC Cunningham (D 175), and\nBikram Mohanty (D Sen-8) all spoke at 3 of 3.\nVideos of the previous forums:\n<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>\n2012-10-22:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-30club-2012-10-22.html\">\n30 Club at Serenity Church<\/a>\n<br>\nmoderated by Ruth Council\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-30club-2012-10-22.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32c45354970b at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90a970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90a970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Candidates at 30 Club forum at Serenity Church\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>\n2012-10-18:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-hba-2012-10-18.html\">\nHomebuilders Association of South Georgia,<\/a>\nat Rainwater Conference Center,\n<br>\nmoderated by Chris Beckham of NewsTalk 105.9 WVGA\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-hba-2012-10-18.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32c45359970b at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90b970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90b970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Candidates at Homebuilders Association Forum at Rainwater Conference Center\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>\n2012-10-02:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-meet-the-candidates-part-2-of-2-vlcoc-2012-10-02.html\">\nChamber of Commerce at VSU<\/a>\n<br>\nmoderated by Ron Borders\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/videos-meet-the-candidates-part-2-of-2-vlcoc-2012-10-02.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32c4535b970b at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90d970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e90d970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Meet the Candidates by Chamber of Commerce at VSU\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/when-can-you-vote.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c32c45360970b at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e910970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cf2e910970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"vote\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"  \/><\/a>\nDon&#8217;t forget\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/when-can-you-vote.html\">\nto vote<\/a>,\ntoday, tomorrow, Saturday, or on that great election day, November 6<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small> 2012.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will any of our incumbent state legislators show up this time? 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