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Civil rights leader backs Martin Greg Bluestein July 31, 2008 ATLANTA -- Democratic Senate candidate Jim Martin earned a key endorsement Wednesday from the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a famed civil rights leader whose support was long sought by Martin and his opponent Vernon Jones. Lowery's endorsement of Martin is seen as a blow to rival Jones in the run-up to the Aug. 5 Democratic runoff. Jones, the DeKalb County chief executive, is seeking to...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Endorses Jim

"[Jim's] nomination would bring credit both to his party and to his state," the board writes....

Jim Visits Bibb in Bid to Unseat Chambliss

The Macon Telegraph talks with Jim during his recent trip to Bibb County....

Jim Martin Says He's Likeable and Has the Lead

Jim Martin says he's likeable and has the lead; Jones may join Sunday forum Jim Galloway June 5, 2008 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The U.S. Senate campaign of Jim Martin has made public a polling memo that gives him the lead in the Democratic primary race.... Martin claims he's leading Jones by 5 points, and would even beat him in a run-off. You can catch the memo on Martin's web site, or read it here....

Candidates Line Up to Run

Candidates line up to run Shannon McCaffrey April 29, 2008 ATLANTA (AP) -- Election season in Georgia has officially begun. Would-be state and federal office holders lined up Monday at the state Capitol to pay a fee and "qualify" to get on the ballot. And with the war in Iraq continuing to rage on, Democrats have enlisted a cadre of military veterans to do battle with Georgia Republican incumbents on Capitol Hill. Four Democratic...

Senate Race Grows More Crowded

Senate race grows more crowded Walter C. Jones March 24, 2008 From the article: "Charles Bullock, a University of Georgia political science professor and seasoned observer of politics in the state, says Martin's statewide contacts, experience as the former head of the state's child-welfare agency and years among the House leadership give him stature that's rare among the challengers [to Chambliss]." Read the full article...

Atlanta Lawyer Jumps into Fight for Chambliss' Senate Seat

Atlanta lawyer jumps into fight for Chambliss' Senate seat Jim Galloway March 20, 2008 On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss brought his well-funded Republican re-election train to the state Capitol. Meanwhile, Atlanta lawyer Jim Martin became the sixth Democrat to enter the race against Chambliss and promised to focus on the incumbent's "uncritical" support of the conflict. "We need a senator in Washington who answers to Georgians and...

The Obama Bump in Georgia

The Obama bump in Georgia Jim Galloway March 2, 2008 The votes in Texas and Ohio haven't been cast yet. Hillary Clinton could still pull it out. But already Democratic strategists are salivating at the nomination of Barack Obama, and the effect a black presidential candidate might have on the balance of power in the South. A surge of voters in states with the highest African-American populations in the nation could send a rippling...

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Chambliss On Fox News Sunday: Still Denies Tough Economic Times For Families, Veterans

Chambliss tried to block new G.I. bill, voted 23 times against healthcare for veterans...

Chambliss on Fox News Sunday: Still Denies Tough Economic Times For Families, Veterans

Chambliss tried to block new G.I. bill, voted 23 times against health care for veterans...

NEW AD: Chambliss Has Failed Georgia Veterans

Jim Martin served in Vietnam, will give Georgia veterans the respect they deserve ATLANTA – Jim Martin’s campaign released a new ad focused on the importance of taking care of our nation’s veterans. While Saxby Chambliss has voted against increasing veterans’ healthcare and voted to stop the new G.I. Bill, Jim Martin knows the importance of serving our nation’s veterans because of his time serving our country. Chambliss, a member of the Armed Services...

International Brotherhood of Police Officers Endorse Martin for Senate

Cite Martin's record of keeping our children safe; Slam Chambliss' votes to cut COPS funding...

Chambliss Allies Continue Desperate, False Attacks

Martin has come face-to-face with violent crime, spent career protecting children...

NEW AD: Martin Responds to Chambliss' False Attacks

Martin voted for largest middle class tax cut in Georgia's history ATLANTA – In a new ad released today, Jim Martin responds to Saxby Chambliss’ false, vicious attacks on Martin’s record. The truth is that Jim Martin voted to return $100 million of surplus taxes to taxpayers and voted for the largest middle class tax cut in Georgia’s history. While Jim Martin will go to Washington to fight for the middle class, Saxby Chambliss has...

Martin Campaign Calls On Chambliss To Donate Contributions Raised Week Before War

In lead up to war, Chambliss raised cash, vacationed on special interest dime in Boca Raton, Florida...

Fact Check: Jim Martin, The Only Candidate For Middle Class Georgians

More vicious attacks from the politician who perfected the smear campaign...

Veteran and Military Families Endorse Jim Martin for U.S. Senate, Slam Chambliss for Florida Junket

Praise Martin for service to country and dedication to troops, blast Chambliss for disastrous vets record...

NEW AD: Jim Martin Responds To Chambliss' False, Personal Attacks

Martin has come face-to-face with violent crime, spent career protecting children ATLANTA – In a new ad released today, Jim Martin responds to Saxby Chambliss’ false, personal attacks on Martin’s record protecting children. The truth is that Jim Martin has always fought to protect children and families, because he knows what it’s like to have a child come face-to-face with violent crime. ...

Martin Continues "America Is Back" Bus Tour

Martin To Meet with Voters, Veterans Across Georgia...

New Radio Ad: Obama Asks Georgians To Vote For Martin

President-elect Obama says Martin will "help me change Washington;"...

Chambliss Misses Vote To Help Georgians Looking for Work As Unemployment Hits 16-Year High

Chambliss too busy playing politics to stand up for Georgia...

NEW AD: Chambliss In His Own Words On The Economy

ATLANTA – Jim Martin’s campaign released a new ad focused on the economy and Martin’s plans to work with President-elect Barack Obama to create jobs and cut taxes for middle class Georgians. With record job losses, falling home values, and retail sales dropping, it's clear that Georgia's economy is in trouble, but Saxby Chambliss says, “We may not be in a recession. I don't know what that term means.” At least five Georgia factories have...

Bill Clinton To Rally For Martin

Former President will tout Martin's ability to work with President-Elect Obama to Fix the Economy, Change the Direction of the Country...

Congressman John Barrow Joins Jim Martin At "America is Back" Rally

Today, United States Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) joined Jim Martin at his "America is Back" rally in Savannah and offered his strong support for Martin as a leader who will bring real change to middle class Georgians....

Martin Launches America Is Back Bus Tour Saturday

Martin Will Work with President-Elect Obama to Fix the Economy, Change the Direction of the Country Jim Martin, candidate for U.S. Senate will launch his "America is Back" Tour with stops across Southeast Georgia this weekend. Martin is the only candidate who will work with President-elect Barack Obama to fix the economy and change the direction of the country. As he has done this whole campaign, Martin will listen to Georgia voters discuss the challenges...

Martin Blasts Chambliss For Bailout Comments

Saxby said we can "Trust" financial sector with taxpayers' billions...

McCain v. Chambliss on Ads Smearing Max Cleland

McCain called Chambliss' Ad Smearing Cleland "Worse Than Disgraceful." "I'd never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield -- it's worse than disgraceful. It's reprehensible." [CNN, 2003] v. As Recently As This Week, Chambliss Defended Ad. Chambliss told the Politico, "If Cleland had won, you'd never have heard a thing about it. That ad...

McCain v. Chambliss on Campaign Finance Reform

McCain Authored Bipartisan Landmark Campaign Finance Legislation. In 2002, the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act passed the Senate by a vote of 60 to 40. The bill would make all contributions to national political parties subject to "hard money" contribution limits, and subject contributions to State and local parties to "hard money" limits if the money is spent on activities that affect Federal elections. The bill would also regulate issue ads by placing restrictions...

McCain v. Chambliss on Oil Speculation

In June, McCain Said "Speculation On The Oil Futures Market" Is A "Problem," And That "Wall Street" Was "Gaming The System." During a speech on energy, McCain said, "There is the further problem of speculation on the oil futures market, which in many cases has nothing to do with the actual sale, purchase, or delivery of oil. When crude oil became a futures-traded commodity in the 1980's, the idea was to afford a measure of...

McCain v. Chambliss on Earmarks

McCain Rallied Against Earmarks as a Centerpiece of his Campaign. John McCain made rallying against earmarks a centerpiece of his campaign, saying, "As for earmark spending, I have never asked for a single earmark in my entire career." On his website, he writes, "Pork barrel spending is an insult to taxpayers, a waste of public resources, and an abdication of our leaders' responsibility to be good and honorable stewards of the public treasury, for the...

McCain v. Chambliss on Moving America Forward

McCain: "I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited...Tomorrow, we must work together to get our country moving...

More False Nasty Political Attacks From Saxby Chambliss

Fact Check: Jim Martin Cut Taxes in Georgia while Saxby Chambliss Opposed Tax Cuts for Middle Class...

NEW MEMO: Chambliss Has Failed Our Veterans

Chambliss Fails Georgia Veterans

Martin and Obama Will Give Veterans the Respect They Deserve...

Lobbyists for Saxby; Georgians for Change

K Street Fundraisers Launch Drive for Chambliss ATLANTA - According to the National Journal, leading Washington lobbyists have recently launched a fundraising drive for Saxby Chambliss's struggling re-election campaign. Throughout his career, Chambliss has taken over $5.6 million from special interests- and as recently as last week, Chambliss said, "Do I Have Fundraisers and Invite Lobbyists? Sure I Do. And I Raise Money." "Special interests know they have a reliable ally in Saxby Chambliss and...

Saxby's Promise: More of the Same

Change? Chambliss Says "We Can't Let That Happen"...

Jim Martin Statement On U.S. Senate Runoff

U.S. Senate Candidate Jim Martin held a press conference today to discuss the upcoming December 2 runoff election with incumbent Saxby Chambliss. What follows are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: We are in a runoff. And the runoff race begins right now. Yesterday was an historic day in American history. Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. I was struck by what he said last night. He said, "For even as we...

DEBATE FACT CHECK 2: Chambliss Falsely Claims That Bailout Money Is Not Being Used For Dividends

Saxby Again Makes False Claim Despite Multiple Press Accounts Of The Bill He Voted For In the only statewide televised debate of the election, Sen. Saxby Chambliss tonight repeated his demonstrably false assertion that the $700 billion taxpayer bailout of Wall Street that he supported is not being used to pay dividends to shareholders. During the debate today Chambliss said of the bailout money to banks, "They are not using it for dividends." Recent reports...

DEBATE FACT CHECK 1: Chambliss Falsely Claims That Bailout "Absolutely" Prevents Golden Parachutes

Saxby Again Makes False Claim Despite Multiple Press Accounts Of The Bill He Voted For In the only statewide televised debate of the election, Sen. Saxby Chambliss tonight repeated his demonstrably false assertion that the $700 billion taxpayer bailout of Wall Street that he supported is not being used to provide enormous compensation packages to the executives of firms that would be bankrupt without government intervention. During the debate tonight Chambliss said, "There is absolutely...

SAXBY ON THE SIDELINES

Letters Show That While "Gang of 22" Fought Record Gas Prices, Chambliss Backed Speculators...

MORE PROOF THAT CHAMBLISS DECEIVED MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS ABOUT BAILOUT MONEY

Today's News Reveals Another Deception from Chambliss About His Wall Street Bailout Vote...

Saxby Economics At Work: Exxon-Mobil Posts Record $14.83 Billion Profit This Quarter

Shell Not Far Behind As Chambliss's Tax Cuts For Oil Companies Help Them Reach Record Profits...

Chambliss's Last Resort

Wall Street, Special Interests Fund Chambliss's Out-of-State Resort Getaways Download the entire memo on Chambliss's Slush Fund: RMFMemo.pdf...

NEW MEMO: Chambliss Fails America's Veterans

NEW MEMO: Saxby Chambliss Tax Increase Plan a Dud for Georgia

Thank You Saxby Chambliss

New Endorsement Boosts Martin Campaign

Rome News-Tribune, Which Supported Republicans Bush, Perdue & Isakson, Now Supports Jim Martin for Senate...

Chambliss Bailout Now the "Hottest Lobbying Game in Town"

Bailout Could Extend to Foreign Banks - What Else Isn't He Telling Us?...

Chambliss Bailout Now The "Hottest Lobbying Game In Town"

Bailout Could Extend to Foreign Banks - What Else Isn't He Telling Us?...

CHAMBLISS CAN'T TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BAILOUT

Chambliss Again Spins Tall Tales About $700 Billion Bank Bailout...

SAXBY MISLEADS ABOUT LOBBYIST TIES

Chambliss Has A Long History of Trips With Lobbyists...

Saxby's "Throw the Taxpayer Under the Bus" Tour of Georgia

ROAD TO CHANGE BUS TOUR SCHEDULE

President Bill Clinton Coming To Atlanta For Jim Martin

Former President Headlines Event As Martin Momentum Builds...

ICYMI: Banking Giants to Use Saxby's Bailout to Go Shopping

BAILING OUT SAXBY: Today's FEC Reports Show Another $15,500 from Financial Sector to Wall Street's Favorite Georgia Senator

CHAMBLISS WRONG ON SAVANNAH PORT

SAXBY FACT CHECK: FREEDOM'S WATCH

Memo on Saxby Chambliss and the Bailout

Memo on Saxby Economics

Saxby Chambliss has supported eight years of George Bush Economics....

MARTIN AD TURNS TABLES ON CHAMBLISS ATTACKS: Chambliss Gave Tax Breaks To Wall Street; Martin Fought For Children's Health Care

Chambliss Economics At the Root of Crisis, Says New Martin Ad

Answers Chambliss's Call To "Find the Root Cause of this Problem"...

Chambliss Struggles to Defend Support for Wall Street Deregulation in Debate

Statement from Martin Campaign on First Senate Debate with Chambliss

One-Point Race In Georgia Says New Independent Poll

Third Poll In A Week Shows Jump Ball for Martin, Chambliss...

Jim's Statement on the Senate Bailout Vote

Martin Closing In: New Poll Shows 3-Point Gap With Chambliss

Martin Says "No" to Bailout Unless Taxpayers and Homeowners Are Protected and Abuses Are Stopped

Bush-Chambliss Economic Policies Leave Taxpayers Holding $1 Trillion Bailout Bill...

Martin Calls Chambliss Record On Veterans "Shameful"

Saxby Economics: Lesson Three

Chambliss Fails To Get Tough On Oil Speculators, Gas Prices Skyrocket...

Saxby Economics: Lesson Two

Chambliss Would Gamble Retirement in the Market...

Saxby Economics: Lesson One

Chambliss Lets Wall Street Destroy Itself, Now the Dominoes are Falling on the Middle Class...

Chambliss/Bush Economic Policies a Failure, Says Martin in New Ad

Jim Martin launched his second commercial of the general election today with a sharp rebuke of incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss for ignoring the growing economic crisis facing middle class Georgians....

Jim Martin Ad Features Cleland, Calls for Economic Policies That Work for the Middle Class

In a press conference today, Jim Martin unveiled his first ad of the general election campaign with a spot featuring former Georgia Senator Max Cleland. Running on broadcast television statewide, Cleland praises Martin's record of service in the new commercial....

Chambliss Medal Count: Hurdles

August 19, 2008 For Immediate Release Chambliss Medal Count: Hurdles Chambliss's Record Sets Up Obstacles to Global Competitiveness Atlanta - As the Jim Martin for Senate campaign congratulates the U.S. men on their sweep of the 400 meter hurdles yesterday in Beijing, we worry that the next generation of Georgia's children won't be as successful at clearing the obstacles in their paths. Saxby Chambliss's abysmal record on school funding, classroom improvements, and Pell Grants has...

Chambliss Medal Count: Bullseyes

August 18, 2008 For Immediate Release Chambliss Medal Count: Bullseyes Chambliss Targets Tax Breaks for Corporations, Not Georgia Families Atlanta - As the Jim Martin for Senate campaign congratulates our U.S. shooting team on six medals in Beijing, Saxby Chambliss continues to hit his targets, as well: scoring bullseyes when it comes to tax breaks for special interests, but completely missing the mark when it comes to helping middle class Georgians. "Saxby Chambliss has spent...

The Saxby Chambliss Medal Count

August 15, 2008 For Immediate Release The Saxby Chambliss Medal Count Which Special Interests are Winning the Race for Influence? Atlanta - As the medals add up in Beijing, the Jim Martin for Senate campaign wanted to take a look at which special interests are winning the competition for most influence with Saxby Chambliss. Based on their millions of dollars in contributions to Chambliss's campaign, it's going to be a fight to the finish between...

New Poll Shows Jim Within 6 Points

Chambliss One of the Most Vulnerable Senators in the Country, Martin Trails by Only Six Points...

The Rev. Joseph Lowery and the Georgia AFL-CIO Endorse Jim

The Civil Rights icon, a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, joined with prominent clergy and the president of Georgia's AFL-CIO to hold a press conference announcing their support for Jim....

Chairman Eaves, Commissioner Boxill Endorse Jim

Jim continues to consolidate a broad base of support ahead of the Aug. 5 runoff....

DeKalb Sheriff Endorses Jim

Jim has picked up a key endorsement from DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown....

Jim: "It's Time Someone Stood Up for the Middle Class Again."

New Poll Shows Jim Leading Competitors

Jim is ahead of his closest rival, Vernon Jones, by 5 points, with all other candidates in single digits. The poll also shows that Jim is the most popular candidate and is equally well-known and well-liked in every region of the state....

Jim to Qualify for U.S. Senate Race

ATLANTA, April 28, 2008 - Former state Rep. and Commissioner of Human Resources Jim Martin will qualify for the race for U.S. Senate today at 1:30 p.m. at the State Capitol. Martin, who announced his candidacy on March 19, raised nearly $350,000 before the end of March, surging to the front of the Democratic field. He received contributions from nearly 900 donors in less than two weeks, signaling a broad base of support from voters...

Jim Raises Nearly $350,000 in Less Than Two Weeks

Jim set his torrid fundraising pace with the help of a broad base of contributors....

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