Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th President of the United States and the first Republican to hold the office on November 6, 1860. By his inauguration in March, seven states had seceded.
Georgia Governor Joseph Brown addressed the Georgia legislature calling on them to consider Georgia’s future on November 7, 1860, the day after Abraham Lincoln’s election as President.
On November 6, 1861, one year after Lincoln’s election, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens of Georgia were elected President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America.
Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who spent part of his youth in Augusta, Georgia and married Ellen Louise Axson, whom he met in Rome, Georgia, was elected President in a landslide victory on November 5, 1912.
President Teddy Roosevelt left for a 17-day trip to Panama on November 6, 1906 to inspect work on the Panama Canal; he was the first President to take an official tour outside the continental United States.
Jeanette Rankin was elected to Congress, the first female Member, on November 7, 1916 from Montana. After leaving Congress, Rankin moved to Watkinsville, Georgia in 1925. The Jeanette Rankin Scholarship Foundation, based in Athens, Georgia provides college scholarships and support for low-income women 35 and older.
Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to his unprecedented third term as President of the United States on November 5, 1940.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to a record fourth term on November 7, 1944.
Richard M. Nixon was elected President of the United States by a plurality vote on November 5, 1968.
A dam on the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College burst on November 6, 1977 under pressure from heavy rains, killing 39 students and faculty.
Democrat Sam Nunn was reelected to the United States Senate on November 7, 1978.
On November 7, 1989, David Dinkins was elected the first African-American Mayor of New York and Douglas Wilder was elected the first African-American Governor of Virginia.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA) resigned his office and his Congressional seat on November 6, 1998, effective in January 1999, despite having been reelected three days earlier.
On November 5, 2002, Sonny Perdue was elected the first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction, beginning the modern era of Republican dominance of Georgia state politics.
On November 7, 2006, Georgia reelected its first Republican Governor since Reconstruction, Sonny Perdue, and elected its first GOP Lieutenant Governor, Casey Cagle.
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Governor Brian Kemp is asking for prayers for a Georgia State Patrol trooper who was injured at work, according to WRCBtv.
Governor Brian Kemp is asking for thoughts and prayers for a Georgia State Patrol trooper who was seriously injured in a chase in Catoosa County Thursday morning that ended with a crash.
It happened around 1:00 a.m. near mile marker 352 at the Ringgold Welcome Center.
The GSP says Trooper Scott Parker attempted to make a traffic stop after clocking a speeding driver at mile marker 345.
Trooper Parker was taken to Erlanger for treatment of his injuries.
The suspect was not caught and has not been identified.
Governor Kemp proclaimed November 5, 2021 “Braves Day.” From 11Alive:
The Atlanta Braves are World Series champions once again. Now, Governor Brian Kemp is honoring the champion team with their own special day.
Tickets are already sold out for the team’s celebratory parade and concert scheduled for Friday. The parade will stretch from Atlanta to Cobb County’s Truist Park, with scores of baseball fans expected to be in attendance. Several schools are closing for the parade as city streets are being shut down on Friday. Atlanta is electric.
Taking to Twitter, Governor Brian Kemp has announced that Friday, Nov. 5, is also now Atlanta Braves Day.
“I have proclaimed Friday, Nov. 5 as Atlanta Braves Day!” Governor Kemp said on social media. “We encourage everyone to celebrate the Braves’ incredible World Series Championship by dressing in your favorite gear and attending the festivities if possible. Go Braves!”
With tickets sold out, fans looking to take part in the Atlanta Braves Friday festivities will have to shell out significant sums to secondary sellers. Tickets on eBay have averaged $1,000. That being said, the Atlanta Braves’ 2021 World Series clinch will always be priceless – a memory memorialized on Friday, November 5, Atlanta Braves Day.
The Georgia Senate Redistricting Committee may vote on the first maps today, according to the AJC.
A new political map of the Georgia Senate drawn by the Republican majority was poised to clear its committee as soon as Friday, despite objections that it was being rushed just three days after proposed districts were made public.
Leaders of the Senate Redistricting Committee said they planned to move forward with the map after hearing two hours of public comments Thursday critical of a hasty process that continues to lean Republican in a politically split state.
The proposed map would shore up the Senate’s Republican majority, solidifying GOP-held districts while also creating one additional Democratic-leaning district. There are currently 34 Republicans and 22 Democrats in the state Senate.
No incumbents of either party were drawn into competition with their peers. Two districts where senators are seeking higher office were dissolved and reformed in high-growth areas, one in Gwinnett County and another near Alpharetta and Roswell in Fulton County. Those districts’ current senators, Republicans Tyler Harper and Bruce Thompson, are running for agriculture commissioner and labor commissioner, respectively.
“We kept petty politics out of it. There was no pairing of incumbents,” said state Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican from Athens. “It’s a puzzle fitting all the pieces together.”
Minority Leader Gloria Butler said she will ask the committee to consider a Democratic-drawn map on Friday. Butler’s proposal would create 25 Democratic-leaning districts, 27 Republican-leaning districts and four “competitive” districts that could favor either party.
Georgia State Senator Billy Hickman (R-Statesboro ) told that Georgia’s new election law may need “tweaking” in early voting regulations, according to the Statesboro Herald.
He referred particularly to the requirement that counties and cities host 17 days of early voting, including two Saturdays, for all elections, even for council member elections in small towns. Hickman held a “Hometown Tour” with gatherings in each of the Senate District 4’s six counties, concluding Oct. 28 in Bulloch County at the Holiday Inn on Statesboro’s Commerce Drive.
He has since gone to Atlanta for the special session, which convened Wednesday and is expected to last through much of November, during which the Legislature will redraw its own districts and those for Georgia’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the 2020 U.S. Census results.
“Then we go right back in January for a long January through March session, and that’s probably when we’ll make some tweaking on the election bill,” Hickman said.
“Right now early voting is 17 days,” he said. “You’ve got three five-day weeks and two Saturdays and then optional Sunday voting. These small towns, like Claxton and Metter … they’re experiencing days where workers are sitting in those offices and nobody’s coming in to vote.”
This means keeping three or four poll workers on the job, including paying them on Saturdays which are not regular work hours, for few if any voters, he noted.
“So I think we probably need to look at some of those, for the local elections, to reduce those days down from 17 to some reasonable number,” Hickman said.
One of the area election officials who had expressed concern about the requirement of 17 days of early voting and two mandatory Saturdays was Evans County Probate Court Judge Darin McCoy. One of 31 Georgia probate judges who still serve as election superintendents for their counties, McCoy also supervises elections for the city of Claxton under contract.
In Claxton’s City Council election that concluded Tuesday, no voters showed up on the first Saturday for early voting, Oct.16, and only one voter turned out on the second Saturday, Oct. 23, McCoy noted in phone interview Thursday.
Before Senate Bill 202, Georgia’s election rules differentiated statewide elections from a city or county-only election and had looser requirements for early voting in those purely local elections, he said. Only one day of Saturday voting was required, and only for statewide elections.
Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor is considering suing the county commission over funding issues, according to The Brunswick News.
Like many law enforcement agencies in the region, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office is losing deputies, communications officers and detention officers for better paying job opportunities.
Capt. Larry Bruce said Sheriff Jim Proctor has already contacted an Atlanta attorney who has represented other law enforcement agencies in Georgia experiencing funding problems.
“The commission was put on notice that the sheriff is a constitutional officer and the commission is not able to dictate how the sheriff conducts the business of the sheriff’s office,” Bruce said. “Litigation is very possible to assist the sheriff’s office with the funding that is required to maintain the quality and quantity of personnel needed to maintain a safe environment for the citizens and visitors to Camden County.”
“The law is clear that the budget allotted to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office by the Camden County Commission must be sufficient to allow me to fulfill our duties as a law enforcement agency,” Proctor said. “The law is also clear that it is up to me and my management team to determine how best to use those funds.”
Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore will meet City Council member Andre Dickens in the runoff election for Mayor, according to the AJC.
Council President Felicia Moore is seen as the clear front-runner after nearly doubling the vote total of Councilman Andre Dickens, who finished in second place.
But an exit poll conducted by 20-20 Insight, the left-leaning pollster recently hired by Dickens campaign, suggests a tight race. The poll pegged Dickens with a 46-39 edge over Moore with Reed out of the race.
Before you dismiss the exit poll as home-cooking – and you should always take such internal polls with the requisite grain of salt – keep in mind that the same firm’s survey of the mayoral contest in October was on target.
Speaking of Kasim Reed, the former mayor officially conceded this comeback bid for City Hall Thursday with a statement congratulating City Council President Felicia Moore and Councilman Andre Dickens.
“As the race moves forward to a runoff, I will continue to work on behalf of the city that I love to ensure that we remain that shining city on a hill,” he wrote. “Thank you, Atlanta.”
The Georgia State Senate Committee on State and Local Government Operations heard about the proposed City of Buckhead, according to the AJC.
State Sen. Brandon Beach, an Alpharetta Republican, said he plans to file legislation later this month that would allow Buckhead voters to decide whether they want to leave the city of Atlanta. He began his testimony before the Senate State and Local Government Committee by showing a six-minute video compilation of crimes that have occurred in Buckhead in the past 18 months.
“That video clearly shows crime is the issue that’s really resonated and brought this issue to the forefront in the creation of a new city of Buckhead,” he said. “It’s unacceptable. We must get control of crime. And if we don’t, we won’t have a Buckhead.”
Beach and 12 of his Republican colleagues — none of whom represent Atlanta — are trying to bypass the traditional legislative process for cityhood, which generally requires support from local representatives.
Opponents say stripping Atlanta of the tax revenue generated by businesses and homeowners in Buckhead — a wealthy part of town — would cripple the city’s budget. They say residents should instead work with local elected officials to address their concerns.
A Boston Butt sale in Hahira, Georgia will benefit the families of children receiving treatment for heart defects, according to the Valdosta Daily Times.
Benefitting babies born with heart defects, the Holland Holloway Fund sponsors a Boston butt sale and gathering 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Hahira Train Depot, 220 W. Main St.
The event is held to honor young Holland, who was born with a congenital heart defect.
Holland was life-flighted to Atlanta, where she had three open heart surgeries and other procedures, the family said.
Both Janet and Jeremy Holloway confirmed Holland, who is now 5 years old, is currently doing good.
“We feel like we’re a very fortunate family, and while me and my wife was staying in Atlanta with our daughter, we’ve seen several other babies with heart defects,” he said.
Some of those babies were not able to have their families be with them, leading the Holloways to want to assist families of babies with heart defects, he said
“The big thing with us is to make sure other families don’t have to sacrifice to be with their babies,” he said.
A fundraiser was started in Moultrie to help the Holloway family with costs during the time of Holland’s stay in Atlanta.
The fundraiser has been continuing in Hahira through the Holland Holloway Fund since 2016 to give to babies with a similar experience and has donated proceeds to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Jeremy Holloway said about $30,000 to $40,000 was given to families and a donation went to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta thanks to the 2020 event.
A representative from the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will speak at the event, she said, adding there will be a raffle and T-shirt sale.
The event has expanded, partnering with the City of Hahira, and now includes pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, bounce houses and live music.
“We just like to come together (and) see what God has done through this fundraiser and how we’ve been able to give to other families and just make a difference for these heart babies,” Holloway said.
Aside from Hahira, the event includes a Boston butt pick-up 5-7 p.m., Nov. 24, both at Southern Tractor Supply in Moultrie and Norman Park Elementary in Norman Park.
Visit facebook.com/hollandhollowayfund for more information.
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