2022 GA Senate race: on Government Reform


Herschel Walker: Opposed certifying Biden's Georgia victory, claims fraud

In a tweet Walker falsely alleged that there was "Country wide election fraud." Walker called for Trump and "TRUE PATRIOTS" to conduct a "total cleansing" and continued, "Let's get back to real Law & Order and prosecute all the bad actors. Whatever it takes to get the job done." Walker said that Georgia should refuse to certify Biden's victory there because of "serious Election Fraud," asking in a video "how can we certify something that we know is not right."
Source: CNN Fact-Check on 2022 Georgia Senate race Aug 28, 2021

Herschel Walker: He will fight for lower taxes, fewer government regulations

After a 15-year professional football career, Herschel decided to build his own business from the ground up. What started as a small operation has grown to be one of the largest minority-owned food suppliers in the United States. He knows firsthand the struggles of owning a business, balancing a budget, and dealing with government red tape. He will fight for lower taxes, fewer government regulations, and more free-market capitalism.
Source: 2022 Georgia Senate campaign website TeamHerschel.com Apr 20, 2022

Latham Saddler: Georgia laws make it easier to vote, harder to cheat

Georgia has led the way on how a state can reform its elections. I see an expanded pathway for more Georgians to vote under this law and I think the misinformation campaign is hurting our state. Rather than a federal takeover of elections, Georgia has demonstrated how to make elections easier to vote and harder to cheat.

When you look back at the [2020 presidential] election, there is so much fog around the issue. It's hard to say if Biden really received about 81 million votes. I don't think anyone really knows, but you had people from both sides who lacked confidence. During my work in national security, one of our metrics for success for spreading democracy overseas is whether there's confidence in the election system. That's why the leaders here have adopted the changes.

Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 2022 Georgia Senate race Apr 15, 2021

Latham Saddler: Fewer regulations allow our businesses to grow and thrive

A strong economy means stability in our homes and security as a nation. Latham's conservative pledge is "Dignity, Not Dependency" because he believes in the dignity of hard work, not dependency on government. He will fight to create an environment where lower taxes and fewer regulations will allow our businesses to grow and thrive.
Source: 2022 Georgia Senate campaign website LathamSaddler.com Dec 27, 2021

Chase Oliver: His 2% vote caused runoff in 2022 Georgia Senate race

Libertarian Chase Oliver isn't going to win Georgia's Senate race. But the 37-year-old self-described former Democrat could command outsize national attention, influencing the election night outcome and potential next round in a highly competitive contest expected to help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate over the final two years of President Joe Biden's term.

Oliver is the third name on the ballot in the marquee matchup between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. In most states, that make would Oliver an afterthought. But Georgia law requires an outright majority to win statewide office. With polls suggesting a tight contest between Warnock and Walker, it may not take a considerable share of the vote for Oliver to force a runoff.

Source: PBS Newshour on 2022 Georgia Senate race Oct 16, 2022

Chase Oliver: Ranked-choice voting is better than runoffs

There's also the matter of the state's unusual rules requiring a runoff if neither candidate gets to 50% of the vote. That might free some voters to follow their conscience in the first round of voting--perhaps by backing Oliver--with the knowledge that they will have a chance to vote strategically in the runoff. In a state with a more typical first-past-the-post system, Oliver may have seen some of his prospective voters reluctantly pulled to Warnock's or Walker's camp in the campaign's final days--a frustrating phenomenon with which any third-party or independent candidate has to contend.

Coming out of an election where so many Georgians rejected the two-party system, Oliver says there might be momentum for additional changes. "Runoffs are better than plurality voting. Ranked-choice voting is better than runoffs," he says. "That's something that I'm going to be working on."

Source: Reason Magazine on 2022 Georgia Senate race Nov 18, 2022

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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