YARBROUGH: Dalton mayor mulls primary run against Gov. Deal | Dick Yarbrough | Macon.com

By Dick Yarbrough – Special to The Telegraph

David Pennington, the mayor of Dalton, is making noises about challenging incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal in the 2014 Republican primary. Say what?

I visited the mayor a couple of weeks ago at his office to see if he was truly serious. He tells me he is and that he will be making a decision by the end of the month on whether or not to take on a governor whose poll numbers are generally good and one who has already raised more than $3 million dollars for his re-election campaign and hasn’t lost an election in 30 years.

“This is not a wild goose chase,” he says, “I have met a lot of people around the state that have encouraged me to run. I will run if I see a logical path and raise a certain amount of money.”

If self-confidence won elections, Dalton Mayor David Pennington would be a shoo-in. Transferring that confidence into votes is another matter. Let’s just say if the man does decide to run, it is going to be uphill all the way.

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