Report: Ex-Sen. Sam Nunn’s daughter entering Georgia race – The Hill’s Ballot Box

The Senate campaign will be Nunn’s first run for public office and she’s been laying the groundwork for a campaign for several months.

Nunn, 46, became the Democrats’ leading Senate recruit in Georgia after Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) decided against a bid in early May.

Democrats believe Georgia and Kentucky, where Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) is facing reelection, are their best chances at a pickup in 2014.

Their odds in Georgia may improve if a crowded Republican primary field produces a flawed nominee in the GOP-leaning state.

The Republican field currently includes Reps. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and Karen Handel, a former Georgia Secretary of State and executive with Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

“Our opportunity is to define ourselves,” Nunn told the Journal-Constitution.

“I’m going to talk a lot about the deficit. Neither side of the equation is really tackling that. I think people are really tired of the mudslinging and the silliness of this.”

via Report: Ex-Sen. Sam Nunn’s daughter entering Georgia race – The Hill’s Ballot Box.