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| Jimmy Carter's grandson eyes Ga. state senate seat |
| 2009-12-10 |
| Jimmy Carter's grandson is following the former president into politics with a run for the Georgia state Senate. Democrat Jason Carter says he will run for an Atlanta-area seat that's being vacated by President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore. If David Adelman is confirmed as ambassador in January, a special election could be held in March for his Senate seat representing part of DeKalb County. Jason Carter is the only person so far to say he'd run for the seat, a Democratic stronghold. The 34-year-old said his grandfather, once the governor of Georgia, encouraged him to take the plunge. But he said he doesn't feel much pressure to live up to his family's famous last name. "To the extent that there's pressure, it is pressure to do the right thing, to maintain integrity that comes with the name," he said. Carter is a lawyer who focuses on voting rights at an Atlanta firm. The 34-year-old former Peace Corps volunteer graduated from Duke University and the University of Georgia School of Law. He said he wouldn't expect the former president to join him on the campaign trail much. "The fact that Jimmy Carter is my grandfather, it gives me a profile and it gives me an opportunity. But in the end I still have to have relevant things to say," he said. Jason Carter's father, Jack, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate from Nevada in 2006. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Billy Beer could be back on the scene !!! |
| Posted by: Chief 2009-12-10 21:37 |
| #8 Maybe Jason's more like his great uncle Billy - that might not be so bad. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-10 19:54 |
| #7 Actually Jimmy Carter was the CSA's revenge for the Civil War. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-12-10 13:43 |
| #6 Jimmy Carter, most powerful reason for purposefully losing the Civil War. |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-12-10 12:18 |
| #5 ALL THAT IS GOOD AND DECENT Unfortunagtely, many if not most residents of Dekalb County (pronounced Deecab) have an entirely different concept of "good and decent" than you Mike. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-10 11:09 |
| #4 To the people of DeKalb County: My Fellow Americans, NO! DON'T DO THIS! IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND DECENT IN THE WORLD, DO NOT ELECT THIS MAN OR ANYONE ELSE FROM HIS FAMILY TO ANY POSITION OF POLITICAL POWER! Thank you in advance for your cooperation, --Mike |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-12-10 11:04 |
| #3 "To the extent that there's pressure, it is pressure to do the right thing, to maintain integrity that comes with the name," AHAHAHAHA, guess who's delusional. |
| Posted by: NCMike 2009-12-10 09:51 |
| #2 The answer to your question starts with the letter "K". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-10 07:48 |
| #1 can any form of government stand 2 idiots from the same clan |
| Posted by: chris 2009-12-10 07:46 |