The Atlanta Press Club Primary Election Debates.ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Press Club will continue its 15-year tradition of hosting political debates for the upcoming statewide primary elections. Beginning in July, the debates will air live on Georgia Public Broadcasting's (GPB GPB Georgia Public Broadcasting GPB British Pound GPB Gravity Probe B (general theory of relativity) GPB Gamma Phi Beta (international sorority) GPB Glycophorin B GPB Global Private Banking ) statewide television network. GPB is located at 260 14th Street, west of the I-75/85 downtown connector In Atlanta, Georgia, the Downtown Connector or 75/85 (pronounced "seventy-five eighty-five") is the overlapped connector of Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 through the core of the city. . The candidates will face off in front of a live studio audience including invited Atlanta Press Club members, journalists, students and the candidate's guests and supporters. Members of the audience must be seated 15 minutes prior to the first debate. The schedules for the debates, which will include more than 40 candidates, are: GA Supreme Court (television and radio) --Friday, July 9, 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. --Candidates: Justice Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Georgia. When sworn in on June 28, 2005, Sears became the only African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. (confirmed) and Grant Brantley (confirmed) GA Court of Appeals (television and radio) --Friday, July 9, 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. --Candidates: Debra Bernes (confirmed), W. Ashley Hawkins (confirmed), Howard Mead, Thomas Rawlings (confirmed), Mike Sheffield (confirmed) and Lee Elizabeth Tarte Wallace (confirmed) U.S. Representative, District 4 Democrats (television only) --Sunday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. --Candidates: Liane li·an·a also li·ane n. Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines. [Alteration of French liane, probably from lier, to bind, from Old French; see liable.] Levetan (confirmed), Cynthia McKinney Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. McKinney served as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2007, representing Georgia's fourth congressional district. , Connie Stokes (confirmed), Nadine Thomas (confirmed), Chris Vaughn (confirmed) and Cathy Woolard (confirmed) U.S. Representative, District 6 Republicans (television only) --Sunday, July 11, 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. --Candidates: Al Beverly (confirmed), Chris Chatwood (confirmed), Chuck Clay (confirmed), Roger Hines (confirmed), Kevin Johns (confirmed), Robert Lamutt (confirmed) and Tom Price (confirmed) U.S. Representative, District 8 Republicans (television only) --Friday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. --Candidates: Mike Crotts (confirmed), Dylan Glenn (confirmed), Tom Mills (confirmed) and Lynn Westmoreland Lynn Westmoreland (b. April 2 1950, Atlanta, Georgia), a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia, was elected in 2004 to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican representing the state's 3rd Congressional district. (confirmed) U.S. Representative, District 12 Democrats (television only) --Friday, July 16, 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. --Candidates: John Barrow John Barrow may refer to one of several people:
U.S. Senate Democrats (television and radio) --Sunday, July 18, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. --Candidates: Leigh Baier (confirmed), Jim Boyd Jim Boyd may refer to:
Born in Brooklyn, she attended Yale University and completed a Juris Doctor degree at Duke University in 1979. (confirmed), Cliff Oxford (confirmed), Govind Patel (confirmed) and Mary Squires (confirmed) U.S. Senate Republicans (television and radio) --Sunday, July 18, 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. --Candidates: Herman Cain Herman Cain (Born December 13, 1945) is a conservative newspaper columnist, African-American businessman, politician and radio talk-show host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza. (confirmed), Mac Collins (confirmed) and Johnny Isakson (confirmed) The Atlanta Press Club is also organizing half-hour debates for four local races to air on WPBA-TV Channel 30. These debates are co-sponsored with the Committee for a Better Atlanta, a group of business organizations and large employers (www.betteratlanta.org). The debates will be taped at WPBA WPBA Women's Professional Billiard Association WPBA World Pool-Billiard Association WPBA West Point Business Association (West Point, PA) studios located at 740 Bismark Road on Friday, July 16, and will air from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 18. The schedule is as follows: Atlanta City Council President --Friday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. --Candidates: Doug Alexander, Derrick Boazman, Michael Julian Bond, Lisa Borders Clayton Commission Chairman Democrats --Friday, July 16, 11:00 a.m. --Candidates: Eldrin Bell, Terry Bizzell, Wade Starr, Jr. DeKalb CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Democrats --Friday, July 16, 1:00 p.m. --Candidates: Teresa Greene-Johnson, Vernon Jones, Doug Teper, Judy Yates Gwinnett Commission Chairman Republicans --Friday July 16, 2:00 p.m. --Candidates: Charles Bannister, Wayne Hill, Marcia Neaton Details on these debates, including candidate information and confirmations, will soon be available on the debate section of the Atlanta Press Club web site (www.atlantapressclub.org). We welcome members of the press covering these debates. We ask that journalists who plan to attend contact Sarah Douglas, Executive Director of the Atlanta Press Club, at 404-523-1318 or sdouglas@atlpressclub.org. The Atlanta Press Club is one of the largest and most dynamic professional journalism associations in the country. The membership encompasses Atlanta's burgeoning media community - print, broadcast and online, national and local media outlets. More than half the Club's 700 members are working journalists, the balance consisting of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most professionals, educators, retirees and students. The APC's mission is to serve the professional and social needs of Atlanta's journalism community, foster journalistic excellence and advance the public's interest in and understanding of a free press. For more information, contact the Atlanta Press Club at 404-577-7377 or visit www.atlantapressclub.org. |
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