Canton, GA — Three GRA local chapters joined together last Saturday for a combined Regional Metro Endorsement Convention. Our North Metro RA Chapter (which includes Cherokee & Pickens counties), our Cobb RA chapter, and the Fulton RA chapter combined to hold a regional endorsement for local races in three congressional districts, spanning ten counties. Many GRA Members have been working for months to recruit candidates to primary RINOs and on Saturday they came together and endorsed ten candidates at this local endorsement convention.
Most of these legislative candidates at the event pledged to join the Georgia Freedom Caucus, affirmed their support for government accountability and indicated they would pattern their time in the legislature after State Senator Colton Moore (R-Dade). State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee) also gave one of the keynote messages at the event, re-capping what happened during the recent legislative session, and called for more candidates to join the caucus.
GRA President Nathaniel Darnell, who presided over the regional endorsement convention, interviewed the candidates from the stage, and participating members took turns asking well-thought-out questions from the floor as well.
The GRA only endorsed candidates by a two-thirds majority of the voting members at a convention. Here below are the candidates endorsed at this regional convention:
GA State House
• Charlice Byrd, HD 20 (Cherokee)
https://charlicebyrd.com
• Paul Kettering, HD 22 (Cobb & Cherokee)
https://ketteringforgahouse.com
• Gary Chafee, HD 35 (Acworth area).
https://chaffeeforga.com
• Phoebe Eckhardt, HD 47, (Milton area, North Fulton).
http://phoebe4georgiarep.com
• Norine Cantor, HD 30 (Flowery Branch)
https://www.norinecantor.com
• Michael Gordon, HD 49 (Fulton)
https://www.gordon4georgia.org
• Gregg Kirkpatrick, HD 21 (Cherokee)
https://www.kirkpatrickforga.com
Judicial
• Trey Goodwin, Cherokee Chief Magistrate
GA State Senate
• Ben Paul Fremer, SD 32 (challenging incumbent Kay Kirkpatrick)
https://www.benpaulfremer.com
U.S Congress
• Michael Pons for 11th Congressional District (Bartow, Cobb, Cherokee, Gordon, & Pickens)
https://www.mikepons.org