Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Bell, incumbent, was in hotly contested race with Ralph Long.
UPDATED: With 24 of 24 precincts reporting, Simone Bell has 55.69 percent of the votes cast vs. Ralph Long's 44.31 percent. Georgia House District 58 is shaping up to be the race to watch. The backwards L-shaped district stretches from Virginia-Highland down to Fort McPherson in the southwest part of the city. Simone Bell is the incumbent running for re-election in the district against Ralph Long. Long, who was elected to represent District 61, found himself redistricted out of his seat when the city was realigned. The race has been hotly contested with both candidates making the rounds at different community meetings and neighborhood gatherings in East Atlanta, Virginia-Highland, Old Fourth Ward and Reynoldstown. There's added wrinkle for…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Bell is the first African-American lesbian to serve in any state legislature
- ELECTIONS
- Sam Colt
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Editor's note: Early voting continues for the July 31 General Primary that pairs Democratic State Representatives Simone Bell (58) and Ralph Long (61) against each other in the District 58 race. The newly redrawn district includes portions of Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn, Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown, Grant Park, Summerhill, Turner Field, Capitol View and Lakewood Heights. The winner will face Republican Earl Cooper in November. A profile of Long can be found here. Representative Simone Bell’s District 58 looks like a backwards “L” on a map of Atlanta. It stretches from Virginia Highlands all the way to Fort McPherson, southwest of the city. Bell is running for re-election in the district and said that one of its challenges is the district’s…
Long says education is a central issue in District 58, where he is locked in a primary battle with Rep. Simone Bell.
- ELECTIONS
- Sam Colt
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Editor's note: Early voting continues for the July 31 General Primary that pairs Democratic State Representatives Simone Bell (58) and Ralph Long (61) against each other in the District 58 race. The newly redrawn district includes portions of Old Fourth Ward, Sweet Auburn, Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown, Grant Park, Summerhill, Turner Field, Capitol View and Lakewood Heights. The winner will face Republican Earl Cooper in November. A profile of Bell can be found here. When a teenage Ralph Long III moved to Sylvan Hills in 1995, he was overwhelmed by what he thought the community could become. Long, a real estate broker, said his commitment to the Sylvan Hills community led him to run for the state house. When he heard that Fort McPherson, a 488…
Tim
1:12 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Yes, the crazy political redistricting! more ›