Towns County GOP warns “far left” targeting 9th District
News, Politics October 21, 2019HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Towns County Republican Chairwoman Betsy Young warned Sunday, Oct. 20, of Democratic plans to flip the 9th Congressional District from red to blue in the 2020 election.
“Rural, mountain counties be aware of the ‘play book’ of the far left,” Young cautioned. “They know they have the city votes so they will concentrate on the outer areas, trying to change the minds of the more conservative voters or moderate leaning voters. These communities, like ours, Union, Rabun are targets. The 9th Congressional District is a target so we must prepare.”
Young offered the following tips to conservative voters:
- Register every Republican to vote.
- Check to see if you are registered, especially if it was done through the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- If registered years ago, make sure your signature has not changed or it can be challenged.
- Bring friends to the polls who can’t get there on their own.
- Be an “informed” voter. Know facts, not innuendo.
“I am sure there are other important things and we will remind you as we go forward to 2020,” Young said.
9th District Representative Doug Collins.
Georgia’s 9th Congressional District is located in the northeastern portion of the state and includes Banks, Dawson, Elbert, Fannin, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties. Parts of Clarke, Forsyth, and Pickens counties lie within the district.
Georgia’s 9th Congressional District is represented by Republican Doug Collins..
Antwon Stephens, a Democratic candidate in the 9th District Congressional race.
Antwon Stephens, a bisexual Democrat, plans to challenge Collins in 2020. “Stephens, 23, said his deep roots in rural Georgia make him want to run against U.S. House Rep. Doug Collins. He would become — at 25 — the youngest member of the U.S. House ever if he were to win. He would also be Georgia’s first-ever LGBTQ member of the U.S. House,” Project Q Atlanta, “queer Atlanta’s most-visited destinations for LGBTQ, gay and lesbian news,” reported earlier this year.
“Stephens needs your help to oust radical religious extremist Doug Collins from office and turn Georgia’s 9th Congressional District Blue. Flipping one of America’s reddest districts won’t be easy,” the Democratic challenger’s fundraising website states.
The primary election is scheduled for May 19, 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for candidates is March 6, 2020.
In 2016, nearly 80 percent of Towns County’s registered voters cast ballots in the general election.
Towns County Republican Party archives
1 Comment
So since he’s bisexual that must mean he is well educated and would bring a lot of experience to Congress? What does sexual orientation have to do with anything? I didn’t see it mentioned what sexual preference Mr. Collins has. I don’t think we have to worry about Antwon going to Washington anytime soon.