Georgia: Karen Handel Campaign Update

Handel Declared Frontrunner

After less than a month of campaigning against candidates who have been running for as long as a year, Karen Handel's campaign has vaulted to the top spot in the minds of at least one Georgia newspaper. The Newnan Times-Herald printed an editorial yesterday that handicapped the race and named Karen "the front-runner."

According to the paper:

As the GOP field stands today, we see Handel as the front-runner. She has won a statewide race and has the blessings of Gov. Sonny Perdue. Oxendine has won four statewide races for insurance commissioner. Johnson, a popular leader in the state Senate, has never run a statewide race. Austin is not known statewide. No chance he will win.

With still more than a year to go before the Republican Primary, we would rate Handel the leader, Oxendine second and Johnson third.

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