'You Can’t Give Up Local Races’: DNC Chair Visits Georgia on Eve of Special Election

'You Can’t Give Up Local Races’: DNC Chair visits Georgia on eve of special election

Debra Shigley and Jason T. Dickerson will face off in another special election on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This will be the second election the two State Senate candidates have been involved in a month. A Democrat, Shigley, has received support from the Democratic National Committee in the past, but on Saturday, Sept. 20, she got that helping hand on the ground.  Debra Shigley (center) delivers a speech at the Canton Square on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in…

Democrats’ chief visits Georgia to campaign with state Senate candidate as runoff enters homestretch

DNC Chair Ken Martin was in Georgia on Saturday to campaign with Debra Shigley, a Democrat who drew national attention last month when she was the top vote-getter in a seven-way race in a special state Senate election. Jill Nolin/Georgia RecorderMILTON – The national Democratic Party’s top official campaigned in Georgia this weekend with Democrat Debra Shigley in hopes of helping her flip a conservative state Senate district in the north Atlanta…

Democrats rally behind Debra Shigley in bid to win Georgia special election

MILTON – The national Democratic Party’s top official campaigned in Georgia this weekend with Democrat Debra Shigley in hopes of helping her flip a conservative state Senate district in the north Atlanta suburbs. Credit: Jill Nolin / Georgia Recorder Ken Martin, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, called Shigley’s surprising first-place finish in last month’s seven-way race “a huge overperformance for Democrats in a district that has h…