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Send Mike Collins to the U.S. Senate!  

Send Mike Collins to the U.S. Senate!  

The midterm is not politics as usual. It is a contest between two economic systems.

The American economic system which was promoted by Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln rests on three key policies to protect our nation such as protective tariffs, banking governed within our own country, and a free-market capitalist level playing field for all business. Andrew Jackson came along, and contributed to that American system by getting us off of an inflationary paper dollar from a national bank, and getting us back on gold and silver backed money. Being a producer made us prosperous, strong, and independent.

The British/Globalist System rests on the opposite: world-wide trade with no barriers & governed by outside international institutions (which take away our national sovereignty), inflationary central banking with global ties & interests, and profit for those central bankers as the only measure of success (the central banks of London or New York win even if factories go dark in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania).

We used to have the American System. Then came Woodrow Wilson‘s Federal Reserve central bank in 1913, and after decades of it eroding the American currency, in 1971 President Richard Nixon finally took us off gold completely. Nixon stated that year that he was “now a Keynesian in economics,” and Keynes’ ideology took hold. In 1994 NAFTA drove the nail in the coffin. Ross Perot warned of the “giant sucking sound” of jobs leaving. We became dependent on adversaries for basic goods, with supply chains that snapped during COVID. The working and middle class were hollowed out. Young people now face $200,000 college degrees for $50,000 jobs—if they are lucky.

Trump never quits. Before he ran for the Presidency, the WEF in Davos invited him to join the globalist camp. He refused, declared that the future belongs to the patriot, and became a marked man. What followed: infiltrated campaign, jailed associates, 24/7 media assault, the Russia hoax, two impeachments, the January 6 circus, lawfare across jurisdictions, 91 felony counts, and three assassination attempts. It backfired. The more they persecuted him, the more Americans admired his focus and courage.

You are their next target. They are operating a psychological operation meant to keep you home in November. Their tools are meaningless polls, the legacy media refusing to cover Trump’s successes or spinning them into failures, and the relentless focus on Iran.  The media skip over the Venezuela oil deal, the doubled Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and so many other wins. The staged Carney walk out on trade negotiations with the US is also part of the psyop and the target was the U.S. midterms, not tariffs. 

Do not let the Senate’s failure to pass the Save America Act discourage you. We will beat voter fraud in 2026 the same way we did in 2024: too big to rig. 

In 18 months, Trump has made the country stronger, safer, and more prosperous. Here in Georgia, manufacturing is now our strongest growth sector. In just 18 months more than $1 billion has been invested in manufacturing. Thousands of jobs have been created. Young workers and working people, including minority voters, need to understand what that means for them. Do not let the Left take the House or Senate and stop him.

 President Trump endorsed Mike Collins because he needs him in the Senate to keep the agenda moving. Collins is one of the most conservative members of the House, with an A+ voting record. He would fight for the Save America Act. Oh yes, and he is being smeared. That is a good sign: it means that he has not been corrupted by the Left and that he is effective enough to be a threat to the Left.  Georgia—and the country—need him in the Senate so re-industrialization continues.

 The globalist policies backed by Democrats and establishment Republicans gutted the industrial base and shipped jobs overseas. The Democratic strategy has been to compensate the people left behind due to their policies and call it a moral victory. The MAGA answer is to change the system so the working class and the country can prosper again.

Conclusion:  Judge policy by results, not rhetoric. And vote for Mike Collins.

Good intentions are not proof of good outcomes. The question is whether lives improve. The proven alternative to our current economic system is the American System, not socialist handouts. Our system was broken. Trump is fixing it. That is why Mike Collins must win and why re-industrialization must continue at full speed.

Mike Collins supports Trump’s economic revolution, and he is running against a socialist, Jon Ossoff.  So here is the choice:  a thriving middle class based on the trades and a prosperous and secure America; or a handout and we continue down the same old broken economic path.

Everyone needs to vote November 3 as if the country’s future depends on it.  It does.

GRA Releases 2026 Legislative Scorecards — Which Include Special Session Votes

GRA Releases 2026 Legislative Scorecards — Which Include Special Session Votes

The GRA is delighted to announce the completion of our 2026 Legislator Scorecards.

Our scorecards are unique in that they incorporate both the regular session and the special legislative session held this summer. Under the direction of the GRA’s 1st Vice President Dr. Nick Cooper, our volunteer committee worked diligently on the compilation of 60 bills — more than most other advocacy organizations. They consulted with numerous single-issue partner organizations who shared their technical expertise on the issues. The committee was careful to ensure the scores accurately judged legislators’ actions by the standard of our principles and the Republican Party platform.

Dr. Nick Cooper

“I would like to thank the members of the Scorecard Committee and our subject matter experts for their hard work over these many months to put this scorecard together,” said Dr. Nick Cooper. “We made sure to select consequential bills and to develop a scoring methodology and process that is fair and transparent. It is a valuable tool for voters to hold their representatives accountable to their principles.”

Legislators received 1 point for voting in favor of a good bill and 1 point for voting “No” against a bad bill. No votes were weighted.

Among the votes that stood out was the Georgia budget. Every legislator who voted “yes” to the bloated, corrupt, unjust budget did not receive a point because that bill was full of corporate welfare which cost Georgia families about $7,317 per household.

The budget also expanded Medicaid and increased our state debt — flagrant violations of the principles of the Republican Party and fiscal conservatism. This year, there were only two Republican legislators who had the courage to vote “No” to this egregious budget: Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee) and Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry).

During the special legislative session, the legislators passed SB3EX, a bill to prolong the use of unverifiable QR codes on ballots. This was a betrayal of the principle of election integrity, since QR Codes are used to tabulate election results instead of the candidates’ names printed on the ballot. QR codes are not readable to the voter’s natural eye and thus could be manipulated to alter the voter’s intent without being noticed by the voter. The legislators that voted “no” to this bill received a positive point which contributed to their overall score. Rep. Mitchell Horner (R-Catoosa) was one of the few Republicans who joined with Representatives Byrd and Kahaian to vote against this bad bill.

Among the good bills that were passed from the chambers this year was a bill to rein in Medicaid fraud, a bill to cut taxes on tips and overtime, and one that would ban school mask mandates.

However, there were more good, common sense, urgent bills that languished and got ignored by the “Republican leadership” who prioritized the passage of bad bills instead. Among the good bills was a bill to provide equal protection for all pre-born children, a bill to prohibit the dissemination of pornography and sexually explicit content to minor children in libraries, the “Anti-corruption Act” that would have prohibited government entities from using our tax dollars to lobby other government entities for the benefit of the former government entity, a bill requiring metal detectors in government schools, numerous health freedom bills, election integrity bills, and more!

Some of these good bills have been ignored every year for 5+ years! This is a chronic problem. There is a massive disconnect between what Republican officials say they believe and what they actually do when they are in office. This is why the GRA exists.

This problem points to our mission and the need for GRA members across the state who help make low-information voters aware of the problems at the Georgia Capitol, enlist the help of the voters, training them on how they can make a difference through advocacy, elections, and involvement in the Republican Party.

THE BEST & THE WORST

Once again, members of the Georgia Freedom Caucus earned the highest scores in the legislature. With Senator Colton Moore no longer in office, Reps. Byrd & Kahaian were the only legislators who earned an “A” rating of over 90 percent for their votes. State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth) was the best rated member of the Senate with a “B” rating this year. Dolezal has a 80% lifetime legislative score, and faces Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor Josh McLaurin (D-Fulton) in the general election. As a State Senator, McLaurin earned an 8% rating this year — the second lowest of any voting legislator!

The biggest RINOs this year were State Reps. Dale Washburn (R-Bibb) & Bill Hitchens (R-Effingham), who both tied with two Democrats in the State House! They both received a 30% score meaning they voted against the Republican platform 70% of the time!

Last year, after we announced the “biggest RINO” for 2025, that legislator resigned from office a few months thereafter. It is our desire to see poor-performing “Republicans” either improve their scores as their constituents encourage them to perform better, or else be replaced by a Republican in the primary who will actually read legislation before voting on it, and evaluate it by the principles of the Republican Party. Every. Single. Time.

It is our hope that these scorecards will be a resource for you in that mission. If you are not yet a member, consider joining us today.

Seven GRA-Endorsed Candidates Victorious While Others Advance to a Runoff

Seven GRA-Endorsed Candidates Victorious While Others Advance to a Runoff

Seven GRA-endorsed candidates won their Republican nomination out-right last night in the Tuesday Primary. Three state-wide candidates will advance to a runoff.

GRA members have worked hard over the last several weeks to promote these endorsed candidates, door-knocking, phone-banking, donating, and sign-waving.

The winners included State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee), Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry), Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-District 9), Congressional candidate Matt Day (District 2), Congressional candidate Jim Duffie (District 4), Cobb Commissioner Keli Gambrill (District 1), and Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne (District 1). Each of these have distinguished themselves in various ways as they have stood up to pressure from the Establishment and fought for Republican principles. We are proud to support such candidates and see them to victory — even when facing great opposition! They are fighters and they are helping to make “the Republican Party REPUBLICAN again”!

For example, Charlice won in spite of, reportedly, the local Chamber of Commerce recruiting an opponent to run against her and the gambling lobby raising over $1 million for her opponent. Charlice has often had to break ranks with her caucus to vote against the wasteful and even illegal spending in the state budget. She’s taken hits for it, but it has not bothered her. She had voting record of 98% from 2025, and she’s consistently scored in the 90th percentile in office, when her votes are compared to the GAGOP Platform.

Meanwhile, three state-wide candidates came in either first place or second place on Tuesday in crowded fields of Republicans, and so they will advance to a runoff. Current Lt. Governor Burt Jones came in first place in his race of seven candidates. RINO candidates such as Brad Raffensperger and Chris Carr came in third and fourth, so they are thankfully eliminated from the Republican Primary election. But because none of the seven candidate garnered 50% plus one vote, the gubernatorial race goes into a runoff with Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson.

State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-Forsyth) came in second place in the race for Lt. Governor behind Senator John F. Kennedy (R-Monroe), and so the two of them will face off in the runoff on June 16th. Dolezal has a vastly superior voting record over Kennedy. Dolezal in 2025 scored 98% (83% vote score plus 76+ sponsorship score) while Kennedy only voted for Republican policy 43% of the time in 2025! Kennedy was also openly hostile towards former State Senator Colton Moore (R-Dade), and has been reported to be the one who called for Moore’s ouster from the Senate Republican Caucus after Moore publicly chastised the Senate for refusing to subpoena Fani Willis years ago.

Congressman Mike Collins (R-District 10) also made it into a runoff with Kemp-backed Derek Dooley. The GRA does not track scorecards for federal offices, but Collins has a lifetime vote score of voting 87% of the time with constitutional principles, according to the Freedom Index. Dooley is a football coach who admitted he did not vote in elections for two decades, including the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

Now GRA members will need to knuckle down and help these three remaining endorsed candidates through what is expected to be a brutal primary runoff. The runoff date is June 16th — the day before Governor Kemp has called for a Special Session to begin!

Thank you to all of our members who have made sacrifices and worked tirelessly on campaigns for the betterment of your community.

Stay tuned for ways you can help bring these principled candidates to victory!

Congratulations to Our Endorsed Candidates!

Congratulations to Our Endorsed Candidates!

Congratulations to all the Republican candidates who won the GRA’s endorsement this past weekend at the 2026 GRA State Endorsement Convention in Gainesville!

Thank you for everyone who participated in our endorsement convention as well. We had a great time interacting with many candidates for various offices, voting on who to endorse, and passing resolutions. 

GRA conventions have been a great opportunity for fellow grassroots patriots from across the state to network and be encouraged that they are not the only citizens who are passionate about ensuring the Republican Party actually stands for the policies and principles it professes!

Here is a list of the candidates the membership chose by a two-thirds majority to endorse:

State-Wide Endorsed Candidates

• Governor: Burt Jones
• Lt. Governor: Greg Dolezal
• Secretary of State: Kelvin King
• U.S. Senate: Mike Collins
• State School Superintendent: Mesha Mainor
• Public Service Commissioner: Carolyn Roddy

Endorsed Candidates for Congressional Office 

• CD 01: Eugene Yu
• CD 04: Jim Duffie
• CD 09: Andrew Clyde
• CD 11: Chris Mora
• CD 12: Tori Branum

Check out our Facebook page to see images of all of our endorsed candidates! You can also observe there all of the resolutions passed at the convention, and see other photo highlights!

Attendees enjoyed hearing from Burt Jones about some of his accomplishments in the Georgia legislature and about his commitment to voter integrity. Jones reminded the audience that he was one of the alternate electors unjustly targeted by Fani Willis.

“I’m the only person in this race,” said Jones, “who has a business background, a legislative background, and is endorsed by President Trump, is endorsed by Turning Point USA…”

“If there is a silver lining about this race for Governor, it is the fact that it’s going to give us a new Secretary of State. Right?” said Jones. 

The audience enjoyed hearing from three of the candidates for Secretary of State: Vernon JonesTed Metz, and Kelvin King

Vernon Jones speaks at the GRA Convention.

King highlighted the fact that the scanners that scan ballots are not reading the text on the ballot, but are reading a QR code, which is not verifiable by the human eye. He reminded the audience that he was endorsed by the GRA when he ran for U.S. Senate and that his wife is known for being a fighter on the State Election Board. 

“We all know that there are problems in the Secretary of State’s office,” said Kelvin King. “Right now we don’t have trusted elections, obviously. The Secretary of State’s office is responsible for our elections, they’re responsible for our election system, our elections, and our voter rules. We gotta clean up all of those.”

Attendees heard from four of the candidates for Lt. Governor: Sen. Blake Tillery, Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter, Rep. David Clark, and Sen. Greg Dolezal

Dolezal noted: “As you consider your endorsement today, I would point you to your scorecard. Last year my score was 98, the year before that 92, the year before that 94. …You will see scores on there in the 50s, from my opponents – you will see scores in the 40s!”

Nick Cooper, GRA 1st Vice President

The audience voted overwhelmingly to endorse Greg Dolezal for Lt. Governor. We are grateful to all of the candidates who took time to share with our members.

“I’m proud to say that the GRA endorsed strong candidates who won’t compromise on their conservative principles and will follow through on their small-government platforms — unlike the RINO uniparty establishment figures they’re running against!” said GRA 1st Vice President Nick Cooper

“These folks are legitimately good and principled candidates running for important offices in Georgia who won’t sell out to big-money interests.”

You can also now watch the speeches from the candidates captured at the 2026 GRA State Endorsement Convention on our YouTube channel:

Watch the video of Burt Jones’ speech.
Watch the video of Greg Dolezal’s speech.
Watch the video of Kelvin King’s speech.

Candidate speeches are still being uploaded to the channel, so check back to see more over the next several days.

Now comes the work of helping to campaign for and support our endorsed candidates in the up-coming May 19th Republican Primary. Thankfully, most of the races will not have to endure the chaos of a jungle primary as we recently experienced in the 14th Congressional District. We urge all of our GRA members from across the state to do everything you can to help our endorsed candidates win their Republican nominations!

Anything you can do to contribute can make a world of difference: Donate, put a candidate’s sign in your yard, phone-bank, canvass door-to-door, sign-wave, or more! Let us know if you would like to be put in touch with a particular campaign, and we will be happy to connect you.

Two GOP Delegates Legally Challenge Raffensperger’s Qualification in Republican Primary, Claiming “Illegal” and “Abuse of Authority”

Two GOP Delegates Legally Challenge Raffensperger’s Qualification in Republican Primary, Claiming “Illegal” and “Abuse of Authority”

Atlanta, GA — On Friday, two Republican Party members, Harvey Wysong from Whitfield County and Brandyn James from Catoosa County filed a legal challenge to the Republican Party’s qualification of current Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s candidacy for Governor. The challenge is based on the motion passed by the Georgia Republican Party state convention last Summer that officially instructed party employees and officers to not allow Brad Raffensperger to qualify for office on the Republican primary ballot. Brandyn James is a 31-year-old African-American and Harvey Wysong is a retired Marine veteran. Both are Republican activists from Northwest Georgia.

The challenge states “The qualification of Brad Raffensperger as a Republican candidate by Georgia Republican Party staff or officers was arbitrary, characterized by an abuse of discretion…”

“The Georgia Republican Party has a constitutional right to associate with whom it wishes, especially who it qualifies to run as a candidate for public office through its party ballot access. As a corollary, the Georgia Republican Party has a constitutional right not to associate with Brad Raffensperger. The actions of the staff or officers of the Georgia Republican Party have violated the Georgia Republican’s Party right of association.“

Brandyn James waves signs outside the Ringgold Courthouse Catoosa GOP.

“I hope that this challenge results in the overturning of Mr. Raffensperger’s qualification,” said Brandyn James.

Georgia law § 21-2-5 requires this challenge to be considered by the Secretary of State, and then the elector may appeal that decision to a judge.

Some would suggest this effort is futile since Brad Raffensperger is both the candidate in question, and the government official being appealed to for remedy, and he is unlikely to disqualify his own candidacy for Governor. One would hope that an elected official who wants to operate with integrity would recuse himself from deciding a challenge involving his own candidacy (or that of his rival), due to his conflict of interest, and defer the question to another authority.

Wysong and James see this challenge to be the first step in the legal process, and probably want to be able to use this challenge as proof that they pursued all their options in search of a remedy.

“There’s a Latin maxim, ‘Non se jugulabit porcus,’ meaning, a hog won’t butcher itself,” said Wysong. “If that happens, we’ll have to turn elsewhere for relief. We knew that at the outset.”

Brandyn James has been a supporter of Catoosa GOP and enjoyed a front row seat to their legal battle for freedom of association these last two years.

“To those who say that this effort is futile, I simply ask: if not now, then when? If not us, then who?” said James.

Election integrity has become a central goal and major priority of the Republican Party of Georgia as evidenced by the numerous resolutions passed by party delegates at various levels over the last 5 years.

Brad Raffensperger has a record of opposing basic election integrity policies that Republicans have been clamoring for in their resolutions and goals. He actively resisted attempts to audit other races when the Dominion Voting System declared the wrong winners in the 2022 Dekalb District 2 Commission primary.

He filed an Amicus Brief in the Fulton County counterfeit ballot case to prevent citizen plaintiffs from examining the ballots.

Raffensperger also allowed Zuckerberg’s CTCL to provide $45 Million dollars, called “Zuckerbucks” in politically partisan funds to Georgia’s counties.

He employed Voting Works, a company receiving funds from George Soros, to conduct the hand count audit of the 2020 Presidential election.

The list of Raffensperger’s infuriating betrayals of the Republican Party is lengthy. It is no wonder delegates at the 2025 state GOP convention were willing to take such an extreme measure as to ban him from running for any office on the Republican primary ballot again.

The resolution passed by the GOP delegates stated:

“It is resolved that the Georgia Republican Party shall not qualify, allow to be qualified, or take any action to allow Brad Raffensperger to qualify as a Republican or run for any elected office unless and until a GAGOP Convention removes this restriction; and,

Contrary to the order of the delegates at the convention, Brad Raffensperger was allowed to qualify as a candidate on the Republican Primary ballot.

“Be it further resolved that the Georgia Republican Party shall fully defend against any future litigation or legal action taken by Brad Raffensperger or others that in any way claims that the Georgia Republican Party is or can be required to allow Brad Raffensperger to run for public office as a Republican.”

James and Wysong argue in their candidate challenge that qualifying Brad Raffensperger with the “Republican” label is “misleading the public.”

Furthermore they write: “If non-republicans use the Georgia Republican Party brand in their quest for political power, and regularly betray the party’s principles and interests, it hurts all Republican candidates.”

The complaint cites both the official Rules of the Georgia Republican Party as well as Roberts Rules of Order. The challenges argued that the staff and/or officers of the GAGOP did not posses the authority to certify Raffensperger and violated the chain of command specified in the Rules of the Georgia Republican Party – Rule 2.1.

Both Wysong and James mention in the complaint that they were among the duly qualified delegates who served in the 2025 Georgia Republican Party State Convention, and voted with the majority to prevent Brad Raffensperger from being allowed to qualify as a Republican in future primaries.

“This fact undergirds my standing to make this legal complaint,” they say.

While some have suggested that resolutions are not binding and are mere toothless “expressions of sentiment”, Roberts Rules of Order says differently. Roberts Rules of Order section 4:4 says clearly that resolutions are motions and binding. “For more important or complex questions, or when greater formality is desired, he presents the motion in the form of a resolution. . .”

The candidate challenge says: “By ignoring these rules of the Georgia Republican Party and working in concert with the state government to qualify Brad Raffensperger, they have done exactly what is forbidden by the Rules of the Georgia Republican Party and the First Amendment – namely, forcing the Georgia Republican Party to associate with a candidate that it did not want and who does not uphold its values.”

Colton Moore Overwhelmingly Wins GRA Endorsement

Colton Moore Overwhelmingly Wins GRA Endorsement

Click to watch this short highlight video of the event.

Rome, GA — On Saturday GRA members from counties across the 14th Congressional District gathered to hear from candidates who qualified to run as Republicans on the ballot in the March 10th Special Election to replace MTG. Of the 17 qualified Republican candidates in this race, nine candidates participated and spoke at the event, including:

  • Christian Hurd
  • Colton Moore
  • Eric Cunningham
  • Jared Craig
  • Jenna Turnipseed
  • Marty Brown
  • Star Black
  • Tom Gray
  • Clay Fuller

GRA members were given an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss the candidates prior to nominations and voting. In the end, State Senator Colton Moore (R-Dade) received a striking 90% of the vote — well over the 2/3rds required for endorsement — on the first ballot! This showed the remarkable unity among the membership in support of Moore.

We are grateful to all the candidates who took time to participate in the candidate forum. While several GRA members were eager to stand up and nominate Moore, several other candidates (including ones not present at the event) did not get nominated for endorsement during the convention business due to a lack of interest in their candidacy and due to their failing to receive a motion for a second for their nomination. 

Unlike many organizations where endorsements are made by the organization’s leadership, GRA endorsements are decided by the GRA members within the district, ensuring our endorsements truly reflect the perspective of grassroots Republicans.

“I believe that the members chose Colton because they believe that he will fight for them as he has proven before as a senator,” said Angela Rubino, leader of the Etowah Republican Assembly chapter — one of the local GRA chapters which organized the Regional Endorsement Convention.

“Our members view him as a legitimate MAGA candidate,” added Christopher Deeb, the Cobb County Republican Assembly chapter Chairman.

Moore previously served under the Gold Dome as a state representative and then as a state senator earning the highest vote score of any state legislator when we compared his voting record to Republican principles such as limited governmentfree enterprise, the right to bear arms, and the sanctity of life

“I have followed his voting record since he was a state representative, and he continues to stand with the constitution. America needs more of this!” said Jennifer White, the Chattooga Republican Assembly chapter Chairman. “Colton continues to stand with the people, and GRA members see this and recognize it as strength.”

Colton & his wife Hailey

We are grateful for our local chapters who collaborated to host this fantastic event: the Etowah Republican Assembly (in Floyd County), the NWGRA, the Cobb County Republican Assembly, and the Chattooga RA chapter! A huge shout out to the army of volunteers who worked hard to make the event a success. 

Now we encourage all of our members to support Colton in his race for Congress! He has had the most principled voting record of any state legislator for the last several years. Let’s help him take that statesmanship and stand-alone moral courage to the U.S. Congress! If you would like to volunteer, donate, or request a campaign sign for your yard, GRA members can help you. Just reply to this email. Wherever you live in Georgia, you cancontribute to help Colton win election!

Got to www.coltonmoore.com to help Colton win election to Congress!

Especially if you live in the 14th Congressional District, don’t forget to vote for Colton for Congress on Tuesday, March 10th!

Let us know if you’d like a yard sign for our endorsed candidate — or one of the GRA sign-toppers!
2025 GRA Legislative Scorecards Are Now Available!

2025 GRA Legislative Scorecards Are Now Available!

Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we have finally completed the 2025 GRA Legislative Scorecards! Special thanks to our team of volunteers who devoted a large amount of time to collecting, sorting, and reviewing the data, and publishing it on our site. We have been publishing these scorecards longer than any other conservative organization — since 2017.

You can see the 2025 GRA Legislative Scores by clicking here. If you want to take a deep-dive into how the scores were earned on specific bills, you can also click here. Legislators in 2025 were evaluated by their votes on 66 substantive pieces of legislation (both House Bills & Senate Bills). That is far more bills than most other conservative organizations evaluate.

Click to see this video on the shocking truth exposed by the scorecards.

How We Evaluate

The state legislators are evaluated based on principles and policies that are and have been pillars of the Republican Party for years: Policies such as small government, less regulation, parental rights, gun rights, equal protection for all human life, low taxes, fiscal responsibility, etc.

One thing that makes our GRA Legislative Scorecards different, too, is that since last year we have started to include a 20% bonus credit for legislators who sponsored or co-sponsored excellent bills—whether they made it out of committee for a vote or not. This is because we have observed over the years how officials like the GA Speaker of the House or RINO committee chairs will often hold up good bills in committee and never allow them a hearing or vote, and we believed that our patriot legislators willing to promote good legislation, even when they are standing alone doing so, deserve credit for that courage.

Even so, this year, we have separated out the proportion of the score that was from their votes in the chamber verses their sponsorships so you would be able to evaluate both. We did this because we significantly increased the number of bills legislators could earn bonus credit on for sponsorships, and we wanted to allow you to be able to attribute the weight to each in your own minds.

The results of the scorecard evaluation are both encouraging and disturbing in different ways. On the positive side, we are pleased to report that the number of “A”-rated Republican legislators has continued to increase from four to five. Under our current system, a legislator who earns 80% or higher gets an “A” (following Ronald Reagan’s formula about 80 percenters). Over the years, very few state legislators have earned 80% or more.

Rep. Noelle Kahaian

The Best Performers

We were particularly glad to see the newest addition to the GA Freedom Caucus, Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry), added to the plus 80% club! It was great to see her integrity and courage under pressure in the legislature this last session. She earned a 96% vote score and a 100% score with her sponsorships added to the equation. She came in third place only behind Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee) with a 98% vote score, and Sen. Colton Moore (R-Dade) with a 100% vote score.

In the GRA Bylaws, we have a rule that if a state legislator who is a GRA member scores lower than 80% for two years in a row, that person is “automatically” removed from GRA membership.

The Problem

On the more disturbing side of the evaluation, our review exposed that the most popular section for “Republican” legislators at the Georgia State Capitol was the “D” section (those who earn between 49% and 40%) with 68 “Republican” legislators belonging to that category. That is more than half (51%) of all the 133 “Republican” legislators at the state capitol!

Add to that the “Republican” legislators in the “F” section (those earning 39% or lower), which was 22, and then you have 90 so-called “Republican” legislators of the 133 who more often vote for Democrat policies in the legislature than they do policies that match the Republican principles and platform. That means that only 33% of the Republican legislators at the state capitol vote for Republican policies over Democrat policies at least most of the time. That’s truly pathetic!

Overall, the State Senate Republican Caucus did slightly better than the State House Republican Caucus. At least the Senate Republican Caucus had no members who fell into the “F” section this year.

The Worst Performers

Rep. Marcus Wiedower

The worst RINO in the legislature in 2025 was Rep. Marcus Wiedower (R-Watkinsville) with an “F” score of 30 percent. There were seven Democrats who had better voting scores than he had!

The best Democrat was Rep. Lynn Heffner (D-Augusta) who, with a score of 41%, performed better this year than 25 so-called “Republican” state legislators! This is demonstrable evidence that we have genuine “RINOs” in the state legislature.

Creating awareness of the extent of the problem with RINO-ness (or what some call “the Uni-Party”) is the first step to fixing the problem. Many are still in denial that we have a RINO problem in the Republican legislative caucuses. We cannot coordinate to build accountability for our Republican legislators if our activists are not first aware of how bad the conditions are.

The Only Qualified Candidate for GaGOP Treasurer

The Only Qualified Candidate for GaGOP Treasurer

This a guest post from GRA-endorsed candidate for Treasurer Laurie McClain.

As we draw closer to the 2025 Georgia Republicans State Convention, I would like to share a few things about my candidacy that you may not know and correct a few things that you may think you know.

If you haven’t heard, the rules of the Georgia Republican Party require that the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer be a CPA, Accountant, Bookkeeper or Financial Advisor.  There is only one candidate in this race that meets this minimum basic requirement.  Here are my credentials: 

• BBA from Georgia State University in Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant
• Certified Forensic Accountant
• Master of Taxation from Georgia State University
• Member, Taxation Advisory Council, Georgia Society of CPAs
• Currently a College Accounting Instructor
• Currently pursuing a Master of Legal Studies at Texas A & M
• 39 years’ experience in the financial and accounting field

This alone disqualifies my opponent.  There’s more to being a Treasurer than being a rubber stamp.

Let’s move on and look at my experience:

– Current Treasurer of the Georgia Republican Party – elected 2023
– Current Treasurer of the 9th District Republican Party – elected 2025
– Current Vice Chair Gwinnett Transit Advisory Board – appointed 2024
– Former First Vice Chairman – Gwinnett GOP – elected 2023
– Former Treasurer – Gwinnett GOP – elected 2021
– Candidate for Gwinnett County Commission – 2012 and 2020
– Former Chairman’s Budget Review Committee (Gwinnett) – appointed 2012, 2013
– Former Chairman Gwinnett County Transit Review Committee – appointed 2019 
– Former Member of Engage Gwinnett – appointed 2009
– Former member Citizens Project Selection Committee for Gwinnett SPLOST – 2014, 2017

Clearly, I am respected by many and sought after for my financial abilities.  And I obviously have a heart for service since these are all volunteer positions!

Then, there are my accomplishments.  I hate to brag, but I must….

  1. As Treasurer of Gwinnett GOP, the chairman and I brought transparency back to the party.  This allowed us to raise tens of thousands of dollars over the four years I was on the executive committee that we used to help our local candidates.
  2. I created an accounting system for Gwinnett that previously did not exist.
  3. I took the GaGOP County Treasurer Training Manual and updated and enhanced it.  I used this as the basis for many zoom-based training courses for county treasurers to assist them in their financial compliance requirements.  

Finally, let’s talk about me, personally.

I’m a Georgia native, a 51-year resident of Gwinnett County, and life-long Republican.  I’m married to a wonderful man, a retired Dekalb County firefighter who saved my life in 2018, when I had a near fatal heart attack.  I have three grown children and one precious granddaughter.  I put myself through college and worked as a legal secretary for a small law firm in Atlanta while I was in school.  I guess I was around 20 years old and guess what…..I managed their finances!!  Just maybe I have found my calling!

Seriously, though as an accountant for almost 40 years, my integrity and character are as important as my tax and accounting skills.  I have been as transparent with the party’s financial standing as my ethical responsibilities will allow.  I’ve answered every single question that I’ve ever been asked, even if the answer was, “I can’t tell you that.”  I believe in transparency.  I have worked hard to give the party just that and I will continue to make it a priority as your next Treasurer.

 I have tried to run an honest and positive campaign because I believe we are better together.  While discourse is good, discussion is better.  Got a problem?  Let’s talk about it!  Have a question?  Ask!  Let’s all make sure we are rowing the boat in the same direction.  That is the only way we can kick Ossoff’s butt in 2026!  Vote for Laurie McClain as Treasurer of the Georgia Republican Party on June 7, 2025 in Dalton!  

Spotlight on our Endorsed Candidates Laurie McClain & Norine Cantor

Spotlight on our Endorsed Candidates Laurie McClain & Norine Cantor

We want to highlight for you today two of our GRA-endorsed candidates for State Party. At our recent 2025 GRA State Endorsement Convention, we endorsed incumbent Laurie McClain for Treasurer and Norine Cantor for 2nd Vice Chairman

Watch the video presentations from the Treasurer & 2nd Vice Chair candidates from our convention on our YouTube and Rumble channels now available here:

Click to watch the Treasurer candidate presentation from our GRA Endorsement Convention.
Click to watch the 2nd Vice Chair candidate presentation from our GRA Endorsement Convention.
GRA-Endorsed State Rep. Noelle Kahaian Tells Her Remarkable Story

GRA-Endorsed State Rep. Noelle Kahaian Tells Her Remarkable Story

State Rep. Noelle Kahaian (R-Henry) is a rising star in the Georgia General Assembly, and her story is remarkable and inspiring. First, she had an amazing win against a RINO incumbent Lauren Daniel (who earned a 34% vote score her freshman year) who out-spent her 6-to-1. Then Noelle survived the pressure-cooker from the Establishment in her first legislative session, developing a reputation has resilient patriot defending our Republican principles in policy-making.

Our GRA President Nathaniel Darnell interviewed her to tell her impressive story, which you can now watch here: