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September 21, 2005
Georgia's Newest Senator
Ed Tarver easily won the special election to fill Sen. Charles Walker's (D - Augusta) 22nd district seat. Tarver was recruited to run for the 23rd district by Democratic leaders in the state Senate, but due to redistricting his residence was shifted to the 22nd. He ran against Walker in the primary last year, but apparently he got the bug and when the seat reopened he jumped in early and never looked back.
His victory doesn't get the Democrats any closer to majority status, but he will be an asset to the caucus as they look to recruit other candidates like Tarver to fill Republican held seats. One plus: All 3 candidates for SD 22 were Democrats, which assured that the seat would stay within the Democratic caucus regardless of the winner of Tuesday's election.
Posted by Chris at September 21, 2005 10:56 AM
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