More candidates consider run for lieutenant governor

More candidates consider run for lieutenant governor

ATLANTA – The race to succeed Republican Burt Jones as Georgia’s next lieutenant governor is heating up, with multiple leading state senators vying for the position. Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, stepped into the race Thursday, registering his intent to…

Help Wanted: Senate Pro Tem – Peach Pundit™

State Senator John F. Kennedy has made it official and has filed paperwork with the State Ethics Commission to run for the Republican Nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Kennedy, up until the moment he filed, was serving as the President Pro Tem of the Senate, which a position of great importance and prestige.I wrote up until that moment, because the Senate passed rules this year that read thusly:(f) In the event the President Pro Tempore public…