Comments on: On the Georgia special election

By: bill

bill — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:07:57 +0000

A landslide is a landslide, and there are lots of serious distractions going on as the election was held. We’ll see come November what’s real and what’s not.

Remember, Trump “had no chance” in ’16 and ’24, before the real election happened, and probably won in ’20 actually.

I do worry that the Congressional GOP is currently giving lots of conservative many reasons to hate their guts.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:50:39 +0000

MTG was a great disappointment to me, after an initially promising start as a MAGA supporter. I have no idea if her change was latent the whole time, or something new, and really don’t care.

Here is some more news on Fuller’s win, and what happens next.
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/04/08/republican-clay-fuller-elected-fill-marjorie-taylor-greenes-unexpired-house-term/

Ace took a look at one of the candidates for the Georgia State House, District 120. She has a nice campaign website, complete with the Orwellian double-speak we are accustomed to, but which sounds so good to the uninformed consumers of Main Stream (Regime) Media.

https://suzannaforstatehouse.com/

This is the clip that does NOT show up in the campaign link.
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2041440594703028381
“Meet Suzanna Karatassos (D). She’s running for Georgia State House.
She says if Democrats win then anyone who voted for Trump should lose internet access for four years.”

Although her would-be constituents may actually agree with her on that.

PS There were three shootings in the sidebar when I looked at the Atlanta News; are any of the candidates addressing that recurring phenomenon?

The post at Ace also covered other items of interest this week.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/419223.php

By: BrooklynBoy

BrooklynBoy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0000

MTG is the very definition of trailer trash. A rabid antisemite and conspiracy theory promoter.

In special elections it is usually the hard core voters who turn up.

By: WineThief

WineThief — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:31:17 +0000

I’ll take the win. It’s a solid red district. I’m with Cicero.

By: CICERO

CICERO — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:38:40 +0000

A 12 point election win is still a landslide win. Landslide threshold is a 10 point win or more. So Fuller won by a landslide.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:21:42 +0000

The Democrat was actually a reputable-sounding person, with a military background, and black, which may have made him more competitive in Georgia.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:07:15 +0000

Mrs. Greene has some appealing features, but she’s been quite erratic in recent years and it’s difficult to discern what’s going on with her. She also had some personal feud with Lauren Boebert; not sure what that was about.

By: neo

neo — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:52:17 +0000

Bob Wilson:

Thanks.

I’m not surprised it was so low. This is a very red district and I am pretty sure people assumed Fuller would win. In 2024 they came out in droves to vote for the presidential election.

By: Bob Wilson

Bob Wilson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:13:51 +0000

Re turnout, Grok says
“ The 2024 general election had roughly 3 times more votes (~378k) than the March 2026 special (~116k) or the April runoff (~129k).”

It quoted several sources, including PBS.

I’m surprised the turnout was so much lower than the general election