2022 Legislative Score: 78
First, who were the Republican authors who joined with two Democrats to author this terrible legislation in its original form? Answer:
• Speaker David Ralston, Vote Scorecard Rating: “F”
• State Rep. Todd Jones, Vote Scorecard Rating: “D”
• State Rep. Don Hogan, Vote Scorecard Rating: “D”
• State Rep. Sharon Cooper (Cobb), Vote Scorecard Rating: “D”
The fact that these were willing to propose a bill that had all the things in it that the original version had says a lot about them. It also says a lot that these House Republicans voted to rubber-stamp the proposal without any changes:
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Georgia Republican Assembly has announced the 2022 GRA Endorsement Convention on April 2nd in Newnan, Georgia! Tickets are now available! Plan to come and invite your favorite candidates to join us as well!
Registration has now officially opened for the Georgia Republican Assembly’s State Endorsement Convention! At this event, GRA members from around the state may attend to vote on any state-wide candidate they would like to see the GRA endorse for civil government office. Congressional candidates may be allowed to participate as well. Candidates can only win the endorsement if they get at least a 2/3rd majority of the participating membership.
In 2020, for example, the GRA endorsed then-candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene in the 14th Congressional District run-off race. Since then, she went on to win election and make headlines as a true fighter for American, Republican values in Congress! She’s one of several endorsed candidates we’ve helped win races across the state.
We will be hearing from candidates from across the state, and we will be voting on endorsement for U.S. Senator, Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Constitutional Officer, State Legislature, and others. There are only two requirements to attend and vote: You have to be a GRA member and you have to register. Plan to come and invite your favorite candidates to join us as well!
Here is a summary of the details:
The 2022 GRA Endorsement Convention
April 2, 2022
The Newnan Centre
1515 Lower Fayetteville Rd
Newnan, GA 30265
Call to Order: 10:00am
Lunch Served: 12:00pm
Cost: $45
Congratulations to the Hart County GRA Members who met tonight to charter the newest chapter! Much appreciation for Chapter Relations Committee Chairman Silas Roberts who organized this launch.
The participants broke bread at a local Mexican restaurant, and the meeting included an appearance from a potential candidate for State House looking to challenge a low-voter-scorecard Republican in the primary.
Now you can see our co-sponsored Panel Discussion “How Shall We Then Live?: The Intersection Between Politics, Medicine, and Theology” recently presented at the 2022 Faith and Medicine Conference in Forsyth County.
NWGRA President Eddie Caldwell and GRA Secretary Joanna Hildreth led a good chapter meeting last weekend, adding Walker County to the NWGRA chapter and voting on their local platform! If you live in northwest Georgia, be sure to reach out to Eddie or Joanna to get involved in the NWGRA!
The WGRA chapter is also scheduled to add Douglas and Harlson counties to regional chapter this week. In order to start a county chapter, according to the GRA state bylaws, a county has to have at least ten GRA members.
Eddie Caldwell serves as the President of the NWGRA chapter, which includes Whitfield, Catoosa, Murray, Gordon, and now Walker counties. Working together, their membership has successfully defeated several proposed SPLOSTs and Tax Allocation Districts (“TADs”) that were introduced by low-voter scorecard Republicans from the Georgia General Assembly.
The Chairlady of the Public Relations Action Group has the special task of strategically planning and coordinating public relations for the Georgia Republican Assembly. After more than 20 years of holding executive-level communications roles in corporate, agency and non-profit firms, Sheryl departed traditional work life to set, build and maintain a higher standard of honesty, integrity and good taste in public relations, communications and media. She is active in the community, serves on several boards and is author of the book, Praising You Changes Me, A Business Traveler’s Divine Moments on the Road. A Conservative Christian and active member of her church, Sheryl owns Righteous PR Agency (based on Matthew 6:33).
The Events Action Group ensures the visibility of the organization to the public in multiple formats (Dinners, Conventions, etc.) and adds value to a member’s relationship with the GRA by providing specialized events for members to attend while expanding their knowledge, involvement, and contacts. Chris is a retired interpersonal skills trainer — at writing and speaking. Prior to retiring, Chris was a contractor for the U.S. Government for 25 years training Intelligence Analysts how to write analytical papers reporting the results of their analysis and converting their documents into verbal reports to the Intelligence Community. He’s been a professional speaker and coach for public speaking skills. As widower and a Republican from Kennesaw, Chris was originally a native of Maryland for 70 years. But now he says he’s “a refugee from the People’s Democratic Republic of Maryland and living in Kennesaw, GA.”
Greg is a native Georgian, from Dalton, and he has been a practicing attorney for 30 years, mostly in corporate law. He currently lives in Forsyth County, where he has been a general counsel and in-house attorney for several companies, large and small, including Scientific Games. Greg has also worked at several Atlanta law firms, including running his own law firm in Atlanta. He graduated from Georgia State Law School in 1992, was on Law Review there, and is admitted in to practice both Georgia and South Carolina. Greg has been politically active for conservative causes since his undergraduate days at the UGA and in Forsyth County.
The Vetting Committee Chairman reports to NFRA Director Catherine Bernard and is responsible for interviewing candidates for office seeking the GRA’s endorsement. The committee makes recommendations to the GRA membership regarding endorsement. Eddie Caldwell has also been elected the President of the Northwest GA GRA chapter & the Chairman of the Whitfield County Republican Party.