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At Zpolitics.com, Martha Zoller has this note from last night’s debate by state GOP chairman candidates in Gainesville:

The contributions B. J. Van Gundy gave to some DeKalb Democrats came up, and he was questioned on whether they affected business he does with DeKalb County. Van Gundy said they were races with no Republicans and the people were friends of his. This won’t be a big issue, but expect this to come up again. In what is essentially a “Republican primary,” there aren’t many policy differences.

Van Gundy said he’s given less than $1000 to Democrats in his lifetime, and [maintained that] the fact all his opponents mention this “money issue” means there was some sort of collusion between them beforehand.

Todd Rehm of GaPundit.com has additional notes on the same session:

• Alex Johnson scored easy points on at least three occasions by mentioning his website URL; today, that’s an important point for politicos.
• Most awkward moment of the night came when BJ VanGundy reached over to hug Seth Harp.
• Seth Harp received two points for the first, and only, proposal to hold GOP barbecues.
• John Padgett still has “a box of guns”.
• Use of the phrase “agin it” is contagious.
• If you want to get a Republican audience to boo, say the words “Common Core.”

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