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Beskin claims GOP nomination in District 54 with runoff win BY JOE EARLE
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Beth Beskin easily won the Republican nomination to a Buckhead-based seat in the Georgia House of Representatives during the party’s primary runoff election on July 22. Beskin outpolled John McCloskey — who had announced he would not campaign for the seat during the runoff campaign and who had endorsed Beskin — by more than five to one. Beskin led a field of four candidates in the May 20 Republican Primary election for the nomination to represent District 54 in the state House of Representatives. Beskin claimed 49.9 percent of the 4,143 votes cast and nearly won the nomination outright. But Georgia requires winning candidates to collect more than half the votes cast in a race, so Beskin found herself in a runoff with fellow candidate McCloskey, who received about 30 percent of the votes on
May 20. Beskin will face Democrat Bob Gibeling and independent candidate Bill Bozarth in the November general election. Bill Bozarth collected more than 1,777 signatures on his petition to be included in the race, and state officials said in a letter July 17 that he had qualified as an independent candidate. The District 54 seat had been held by Rep. Ed Lindsey, who did not seek reelection while running for the Republican nomination to the 11th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Barry D. Loudermilk won the 11th District nomination in the Republican Primary runoff July 22, defeating former Congressman Bob Barr. Lindsey recently resigned his Georgia House seat to join a new state Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding.
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Going to the dogs Above, the Buckhead Branch Library and the CAREing Paws organization hosted a “Dogs, Man’s Best Friends: How They Help People” children’s program on July 17. Brutus, a Mastiff, takes a nap while Caroline Haas, 2, left, pets him, and her brother Tyler, 3, front right, Reed Shane, 2, back left, and Katie Lane, 7, back right, take their places before the program begins. Right, Katherine Franz, 6, enjoys some time with Raven, a German Shepherd. CAREing Paws is an animal therapy group that visits schools, nursing homes and hospitals. PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER BH
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