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Special election to fill Nathan Deal seat set for April 27

4:49 pm March 22, 2010, by jgalloway

My AJC colleague Bob Keefe in Washington reports the following:

North Georgia residents will to have to wait until at least the end of next month before they get a new representative in Congress.

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Monday set April 27 for the special election to replace U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, who officially resigned his seat representing Georgia’s 9th congressional district following Sunday’s health care reform legislation vote.

Deal announced on March 1 he was quitting Congress after 18 years to concentrate on his campaign for governor. The Gainesville Republican also was facing a U.S. House ethics investigation into the dealings between an auto salvage company he owned and a state-funded inspection program.

At least 13 candidates have filed with the Federal Election Commission to replace Deal, although it’s unclear how many of them are planning to run for the special election as well as the general election this fall.

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Michael

March 22nd, 2010
5:24 pm

“U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, who officially resigned his seat representing Georgia’s 9th congressional district” . That has a nice ring to it.

deegee

March 22nd, 2010
5:32 pm

I can’t wait for Nathan Deal’s political career to end so that he can finally retire to the place where he belongs.

ProgressivePeach.com

March 22nd, 2010
5:57 pm

Hell?

deegee

March 22nd, 2010
6:36 pm

LOL, if Pendergrass, GA is hell then I suppose so…

Republican Dawg

March 22nd, 2010
7:45 pm

Congressman Deal will make a great Governor. He is the only GOP candidate that has done more than collect email addresses or attempted to raise money in fighting Obamacare. Deal will fight for Georgia, and doesn’t need a public relations consultant and speech writers to tell him where to position himself on the important issues.

Go OX

March 23rd, 2010
6:32 am

Republican Dawg 7:45 pm

The Ox will fight for Georgia, Deal is just another corrupt politician trying to steal more.

Political Spectator

March 23rd, 2010
7:59 am

@Crew Fair and Balanced: It is going to be extremely hard for John Murtha to be one of the 15 corrupt. He is dead. You may want to remove him from your list. Your list is not credible with a dead man’s name on it.

Republican turned Democrat

March 23rd, 2010
8:37 am

Deal won’t be governor. He gave up his seat to save his behind from ethics violations. He’s in effect done. Good bye Mr. Deal. Hopefully we put someone in his place that can handle the job honorably.

Joe

March 23rd, 2010
8:42 am

http://www.GravesforCongress.org !!!

Go OX

March 23rd, 2010
8:52 am

Republican Dawg 7:45 pm

Looks like Deal didn’t need a consultant to teach him to be corrupt. On the bright side if Deal is elected, Georgia will have a top 15 crook.

Been Around-Done That

March 23rd, 2010
10:56 am

Goodbye ex-Congressman Deal! We in the Ninth District (especially the veterans you turned your back on) won’t miss you one bit! No Congressman to represent us at all is better than one (you) who did a lousy job of it. This is one rock ribbed Republican vote you won’t get in the Governor’s race!

Election Worker

March 23rd, 2010
5:23 pm

Thank you Nathan Deal for QUITTING when you did. Not only did you save your butt from an ethics investigation, you have given us election workers extra money. Sure it will cost the state and counties a lot of money to have a special election for a single office, but who cares. Can’t wait until you’re our governor. Remember, money is never an issue when it’s not yours. So thanks for setting such a fine example. Run from ethics. Cost taxpayers money. Run for governor

Scholars and Rogues » The cost of political folly — 660,000 unrepresented citizens

April 5th, 2010
3:49 pm

[...] I moved to northern Georgia, in House District 9, I could vote on April 29 to replace former Rep. Nathan Deal, who resigned March 1 one step ahead of ethics charges to run for governor. (I wouldn’t vote [...]