Obama weighs in on Georgia Senate race
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:20 amObama weighs in on Georgia Senate race
« Thread Started on Nov 21, 2008, 4:34pm »
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Obama weighs in on Georgia Senate race
Posted: 10:20 AM ET
From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
Martin is seeking to unseat Sen. Chambliss.
(CNN) — He may not be going there in person, but Barack Obama is lending his voice to the Democrats' efforts to win back a Republican-held senate seat in Georgia.
The President-elect speaks out in a new 60-second radio ad for Jim Martin, the Democratic challenger to freshman Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Martin and Chambliss face off in a runoff election on Tuesday, December 2.
Chambliss won a plurality of the vote 17 days ago on Election Day, but Georgia state law calls for the winner to grab 50 percent plus one vote. Due to the inclusion of a third party candidate, Chambliss fell just shy of that threshold, forcing a runoff contest.
In the radio ad, Obama says Martin, a former state lawmaker, will “do everything he can to help me change Washington and get America moving again.” Obama ends the ad with a plea to voters, saying “please join me in supporting Jim Martin for the United States Senate on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and head to the polls just one more time this year.”
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« Thread Started on Nov 21, 2008, 4:34pm »
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Obama weighs in on Georgia Senate race
Posted: 10:20 AM ET
From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
Martin is seeking to unseat Sen. Chambliss.
(CNN) — He may not be going there in person, but Barack Obama is lending his voice to the Democrats' efforts to win back a Republican-held senate seat in Georgia.
The President-elect speaks out in a new 60-second radio ad for Jim Martin, the Democratic challenger to freshman Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Martin and Chambliss face off in a runoff election on Tuesday, December 2.
Chambliss won a plurality of the vote 17 days ago on Election Day, but Georgia state law calls for the winner to grab 50 percent plus one vote. Due to the inclusion of a third party candidate, Chambliss fell just shy of that threshold, forcing a runoff contest.
In the radio ad, Obama says Martin, a former state lawmaker, will “do everything he can to help me change Washington and get America moving again.” Obama ends the ad with a plea to voters, saying “please join me in supporting Jim Martin for the United States Senate on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and head to the polls just one more time this year.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... nate-race/