If you check the FEC campaign filing for Jim Barksdale, the Democratic candidate for U.S. If you made it this far on this post, we now have your reward. Senate, Citizens for Brian Frosh, Edwards for President 2004 and John Edwards for President 2008. She has also worked for several candidate committees including Michelle Nunn for U.S. Lora currently serves as Treasurer for several non-profit organizations including Citizens For Strength and Security, Better Energy Solutions for Tomorrow, Committee for Justice & Fairness PAC, and Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy. Lora Haggard has 18 years of political experience in election reporting and compliance along with 22 years of accounting experience, both nonprofit and corporate. This is from the bio she posted on Blue Wave Political Partners: Haggard was chief financial officer for John Edwards' 2008 Democratic presidential bid. It was formed on May 13, its address is in Washington and the single person associated with it is Lora Haggard. But we do know a few things about the Coalition for Progressive Leadership. So in addition to targeting Oliver, the group's effort could also be a test of voter reaction to the Opportunity School District vote in November.Īgain, we know not where the money comes from, and an email to the group went unanswered. Westlake, Oliver’s Democratic opponent, is mentioned in none of this literature but has criticized Oliver in particular for the failing schools referendum. The same group has sent fliers into House District 82, damning Oliver – the senior Democratic voice on the House Judiciary Committee – for accepting a $1,000 campaign contribution from committee Chairman Wendell Willard, a Republican from Sandy Springs:Īnother flier condemns Oliver for a) participating in a compromise with Deal on the HOPE scholarship (led by House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams) and b) supporting another Deal measure setting up a constitutional referendum to give the governor the power to take over failing schools: So Oliver’s vote on the “religious liberty” bill is very much a red herring. When it came back to the House with Senate additions that drastically changed its tone, Oliver and 65 other House members – virtually all Democrats and some Republicans – voted against it. The measure passed the House unanimously. Supreme Court decision on gay marriage, backed by House Speaker David Ralston, and it didn't work.īut Oliver wasn’t the only Democrat who voted for it. It was an effort to defuse religious conservative reaction to the U.S. 11 vote the group cites was on the original version of HB 757, the so-called Pastor Protection Act, which simply said that members of the clergy don't have to perform any wedding ceremonies they don't want to. (Westlake made an unsuccessful bid for state school superintendent in 2010.) A group calling itself the Coalition for Progressive Leadership, based in Washington, D.C., has put up an online video condemning Oliver for voting for House Bill 757, which ultimately became the 'religious liberty' bill that Gov.

Mary Margaret Oliver faces challenger Brian Westlake in the Democratic primary. Now let's move to Decatur, where longtime state Rep. And the single name associated with the group belongs to Lora Haggard, a Ringgold, Ga., attorney. But we do know two things: The committee was created on May 13, according to those docs filed with the Federal Election Commission. Who's picking up the tab for the attacks? We don't know, and God bless Citizens United for that.

The fracas could make this race an interesting test of Democratic strength in Cobb County.

Car town ex promo codes june 2013