Peach Pundit Podcast

Scot returned, with a vengeance. We react to yet another crazy week in Georgia politics.

Topics in the episode include:

Mike Collins had a Brandon Phillips. Will the fallout harm Collins?

Will Jackson and Jones end up debating?

Carr goes all in for Jackson. Will Raffensperger follow him?

Scot's trip to Argentina

Runoffs are stupid round up.

Special shout out to James Hall.

Buzz and Scot will be panelists at Greater Georgia's Next 250 event.

A challenge to the GAGOP ahead of November - A Scot Rant.

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Peach Pundit The Podcast: Primary Election Review w/ Cooper and Jones. by Peach Pundit with Scot Turner and Buzz Brockway

As predicted, the Governor has called a special session (DURING THE WORLD CUP)

-We got a shout out from Janice Johnston, and she is blaming the wrong person.

-Will the House and Senate agree to a QR Code Fix?

-How David Scott's Death is playing a role

-Redistricting is part of it... and how that is fueling Democrat turnout

-And the impact that might have on the State Supreme Court

The Sports Gambling industry is straight up trying to buy legislative seats, but that's not the fault of the candidates.

The Epstein Amendment is now law, so a quick update.

Dem DA's plan to sue over making their elections non partisan

With advanced in-person voting underway and Primary Election Day looming, we thought it would be a good time to chat with Niles Francis, who writes about Democratic politics, to get a glimpse of what's happening in the various Democratic Primaries. Niles also tossed in some thoughts on the GOP primaries, from his vantage point. We hope you enjoy it. You can check out Niles' Substack and follow him on Twitter.

Other topics Buzz and Scot talked about:

An update on Scot's FOIA request.

More on Primary Election polling.

RCP average: GOP Gov.

RCP average: DEM Gov.

RCP average: GOP Sen.

Kalshi predicts a Democratic Governor?

Erickson vs McKoon, Shafer, and Mitchell.

State Election Board stays within their lane.

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Another blockbuster week in Georgia politics takes us from DC to Savannah to Atlanta. Whew.

Topics include:

Why Lee Zeldin's take down of Congresswoman DeLauro is connected to a local race in Chatham County.

Is Chip Lake the source of the Kim Jackson mailers?

Governor's debate produced a Jackson flub?

New polling in Gov, LG, and School Super race!

Carr and Jackson seemed to tag-team Jones.

LG Debate gives us a gem: "The Tillery Waiver."

We jumped all over this immediately.

Which led us to these libel lawsuits.

Fleming is a no-show at the SOS debate. Sterling has a moment. Metz talks Canada?

Carter and Collins spar.

SCOTUS strikes down Louisiana congressional districts.

Is the SEB poised to make new law again?

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TRIGGER WARNING: Some campaigns and their supporters might not like this episode. But our comments are meant to encourage those candidates to get better. Somebody will be the GOP nominee for Governor and the Senate. We need y'all to be ready for the fall campaign and ready to win!

Topics this episode include:

A GOP Senate primary update

Why has Scot decided not to vote for Mike Collins?

Buddy Carter lights up Collins.

Kemp joins Dooley for barnstorming tour.

A GOP Governor's primary update

Jackson endorsements: Jan Jones, John King, Bubba McDonald, Newt Gingrich, Bethany Ballard, Jaclyn Ford, Derrick McCollum, Steven Sainz, Brent Cox, Lauren McDonald, Lisa Hagen, Lehman Franklin, others rumored to be coming.

While some are saying they did not endorse Burt Jones

Jones is attacking the people who endorse Jackson as bought off and making sundry other accusations.

Jones camp keeps claiming the Camp and Ehrhart endorsements

Richard Woods has been targeted with negative (but true) ads.

Bubba Longrear scores endorsements from Speaker Burns, among several other legislators. 

Where are the endorsements for Woods?

There's a forum of State School Super candidates in Savannah next week.

Chris Carr is the only gubernatorial candidate to invoke the revered name of Kemp

He also reached out to Lane Flynn about Flock Cameras

New General Election polling.

Dems go after Duncan as a flip-flopper.

Clay Fuller goes full 3 Year Letterman, and the left melts down.

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Scot and Buzz finally pick themselves up off the floor post-Sine Die and have a lot to say.

Topics in the episode include:

Buzz revises and extends his remarks from the last podcast re: LG Jones.

House and Senate dig in on dueling election bills and pass neither.

When will Kemp call a special session?

HB 963, which would prevent foreign funding of ballot initiatives, fails to get a Senate vote.

The Literacy Bill gets final passage after some drama.

SB 33 magically transforms from a hemp bill into a property tax bill.

Income Tax relief is coming.

Momtahan's SNAP bill doesn't get a hearing in the Senate.

House frustration with the Senate produces endorsements for Jackson.

Rep. Michelle Au endorses Duncan.

Congressman Jim Jordan campaigns and raises money for Kingston & Gaines.

What if Kandiss Taylor swung by Savannah on her bus tour and nobody showed up?

Will Wade secures the coveted Kemp endorsement.

Jones takes a dig at Jackson by using BBQ rub.

Jones, data centers, an open field, and those mysterious anti-Jones ads.

Carr's funny response.

Fuller wins CD14, and the Dems partake of the hopium.

Other special election results.

Sen. Brian Strickland's SB 207 finally passes.

Final thoughts on the Session that was.

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and Buzz discuss this and so much more.

Topics Include:

It's Kim. Miss Jackson if you're nasty.

House and Senate lock horns on the Speaker's Literacy Bill, the Big Budget, and an elections bill.

The dreaded "S.S." words have been uttered under the Gold Dome.

Delta tells Congress to stand in line like everybody else. Bravo!

Metro DAs to be non-partisan now?

Scot and Buzz stand ready to host a debate of GOP candidates for Guv!

Jim Jordan is coming to Savannah for Jim Kingston.

What are the two GOP candidates for AG up to?

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The Lt. Governor called out his wealthy rival from the LG's Rostrum.

Jackson responded by dispatching Bert and Ernie to the Capitol.

An old video of a definitive statement from Congressional candidate Cowan resurfaces.

Two GRA members file a petition to have Raffensperger tossed off the GOP ballot.

Meanwhile, AG Carr moves against the GRA and its PAC for allegedly failing to follow the law.

Kemp and the Legislature suspend the gas tax for 60 days.

State Court of Appeals rules in the FulCo Board of Elections case.

How can you not love March Madness?

Another crazy week in Georgia politics means we have another crazy podcast.

Topics include:

Colton Moore is mostly politically dead as CD-14 voters rally around Clay Fuller.

The race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination gets spicy.

Jackson sues Jones for defamation.

The latest polling in the Governor and Senate races.

Esteves goes after Duncan.

Scot tussles with Alex Johnson.

The Catoosa GOP acts foolishly and gets smacked down again.