Jason Carter (Grandson of President Carter) wins State Senate Race in Georgia.

[onehandle]

Source: Twains Pub

I am at the victory party in Decatur GA. His opposition just conceded. I met President and Mrs. Carter.

More later.

No link yet.

[msongs]

1. wow so lucky to meet the pres and mrs :-) nt

[gateley]

2. Smart people in Georgia. I hope he does will in office. nt

[Historic NY]

3. Congratulations Sen. Carter...you have big shoes to fill & follow.

[Dappleganger]

4. This is great news! nt

[femmocrat]

5. Hooray!

:applause:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. wonderful!

[w4rma]

7. Awesome. (nt)

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Great news!

[FLyellowdog]

9. Yay! nt

[Doctor_J]

10. Another seat for us, comrades

enjoy the party, oh

[onehandle]

11. PHOTOS FROM EVENT AND COMMENTS ------>

My original post was a quick one from my iPhone. Glad I'm home now to show and tell my DU friends about an awesome Democratic night. I waved a sign on a busy street corner this afternoon for hours. Afterwards I met my fellow campaigners at Twains, a brewpub near my home. We had great fun eating and knocking back beers while checking the returns on my iPhone. This is how Jason was keeping up with the numbers. One of us would run up to him and show him on our smartphone. Crazy.

My voice is hoarse from shouting over the crowd and I have my physical tomorrow morning. My doctor will think I am dying. It was worth it!

Rosalynn Carter walks into the pub and straight over to the table where I am sitting with several people. Jason Carter joins her immediately:



Jimmy shows up a few minutes later. I get to meet him, shake his hand (he has a firm and very young grip), and tell him I would vote for him again. He talks proudly to me about his grandson:



President Carter with a cold one:



President Carter, Rosalynn, and Jason:



President Carter and Jason's wife Kate talk as Jason climbs onto a bench:



President Carter, Kate Carter, and Rosalynn look on proudly as Jason makes his victory speech:



State Senator Elect Jason Carter:



I had a great night and met a lot of new Democratic friends.
(and had some damn good beer)

[NYC_SKP]

13. Contratulations to YOU and to Jason Carter.

And his mom looks good there.

Thanks!

:thumbsup:

[onehandle]

14. Grandmother. And she and Jimmy were in Excellent shape.

I was told by other campaign workers of how Jimmy hopped up on a wall to make a stump speech for Jason last weekend.

Wow!

And yes. A lot of Secret Service there tonight.

[EFerrari]

28. What a great post!

Thanks so much for sharing your pictures.

[midnight]

30. Thanks for sharing these happy photos...

[mdmc]

35. thanks for the pics and update

peace and low stress!

[madokie]

38. You just made my day, thanks :-)

Damn I'm happy. I'd love to be in the presence of President Carter and his family for just one minute.

[No Elephants]

57. Fantastic to see Grandpa Carter looking so happy and proud.

IMO, he is one of the most underrated Presidents in at least the past century.


If we had listened to him, we would have been independent of foreign oil by now, or very close to it.

Negotiated the only peace in the Middle East worth a damn.


Got back the hostages like a grown up, without starting a macho bullshit war and killing thousands of people, too.

Among the many achievements of his post-Presidency: winning a Nobel Prize, the only one every won by a President in his post-Presidency, and breaking with tradition to call out Dummya for the Iraq War (as did President Ford).

And Mrs. Carter--incredible woman. Was on the Daily Show recently, promoting her latest book. Stewart said she just exudes goodness, something he said he could not say about many people. (He was so tender with her, it was very sweet.)

[goclark]

58. Love the photos ~ what a thrill

The WIN made my year!

[Scurrilous]

12. Great news!

:thumbsup:

[jpak]

15. Georgia Dems fucking rock

yup!

:thumbsup:

[TacticalPeek]

16. Oorah!

Winning's fun.

[alp227]

17. HERE's a link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/us/politics/12elect.html

This is some good news. :-)

[onehandle]

20. Thanks for the link. That's fantastic! nt

[lonestarnot]

18. Woohoo!

[Jennicut]

19. Good to hear!

[Historic NY]

21. Jimmy ayea olde teetotaler.

President Carter with a cold one:

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Oh how wonderful!

Congratulations to Jason!

[quiet.american]

23. Woot! Great news! nt

[Dystopian]

24. KandR.

Joy!




peace~

[ultracase24]

25. kick and R

[InkAddict]

26. Way to go!

:kick:

[MarshalltheIrish]

27. Nice to hear

It still runs in the family. I'm not even the biggest Jimmy Carter fan, but this puts a smile on my face. Congratulations Jason!

[Wizard777]

29. Congratulations Jason!

:dem:

[Divine Discontent]

31. thx onehandle. Congrats to Jason Carter! He's got a great mentor.

love the Carters...

[cyclezealot]

32. With Sonny Perdue as Gov.

He'll have an up hill climb . Hope Georgian's know a good leader when they see one.

[The Croquist]

65. He won't really have to deal with Perdue

Perdue is term limited this year and most of the state business is finished for 2010. Perdue can call a "Special Session" but it will be for a limited duration.

[barbtries]

33. yay

we keep hearing about how the dems are going to be on the ropes this year. i don't really think so.

[MrMickeysMom]

34. That is good news for Georgia, too...

... where my son and wife's family have moved. I shuttered initially, but news like this lightened me up!

I need to know more, though. He must be Amy's son?

[xxqqqzme]

51. nope - son of John William 'Jack' Carter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Carter

'...His (Jack's) first marriage was with Juliet "Judy" Langford Carter. They have two grown children, Jason and Sarah....'

[MrMickeysMom]

68. Thanks...

You never hear much about the Carters, and it's a damn shame, as their family seems to have what it takes.

[madokie]

36. Great

I loved my President the peanut farmer. The man who had a plan that would have taken us off the oil tit, the man whose word is solid gold tinged with pure silver.
I voted for President Carter. He could have been much better had the congress worked with him but the rightwing treasonous bastids did to him the same as they did to President Clinton and are doing now to President Obama.

[mdmc]

67. yupyup

well said my friend..

[XanaDUer]

37. wonderful! I attended the Sunday School President Carter

teaches just this past Sunday down in Plains. I am very happy for the Carter family.

[PatrynXX]

39. Oh my mother is gonna be jumping for joy... n/t

[melm00se]

40. damn

another political dynasty family in the making.

I am not a big fan of this trend.

[Fire1]

41. Teriffic!!! Great news!! n/t

[earcandle]

42. Cool!

[davidinalameda]

43. this was just the primary right?

does he have a repug opponent in the fall?

[onehandle]

46. No, this was a 'winner take all' special election.

Our former State Senator was appointed Ambassador to Singapore by President Obama.

There were two Democrats, one 'Independent,' and one Libertarian (who left us a robocall accusing his opponents of being 'Socialists who support the extreme Obama agenda) and no Republicans.

I live in the Bluest county in Georgia. Republicans often don't even bother.

[No Elephants]

59. Meh. A right wing Libertarian is Republican on roids, IMO.

[ooglymoogly]

44. Good news, good people kr nt

[craigmatic]

45. I hope this is the beginning of something big for him. If there is one President that deserves a

dynasty it's President Carter.

[AllyCat]

47. A doubly good day for you (and GA).

:thumbsup:

[The Damned]

48. Good for him!

K&R

[caseymoz]

49. My cheer is tempered by realization: we have another political dynasty.

Another aristocratic political family has been born.

Hey, but at least they didn't elect a Rockefeller or Bush.

[onehandle]

53. The Carters are in no way, shape or form 'aristocratic.'

Jason, his wife and two kids live in a regular neighborhood a few blocks from me.

'After graduating from Duke University, Jason followed in the footsteps of his great-grandmother, Lillian Carter by volunteering for the United States Peace Corps. In a rural South African village where people carried their water from the river and built their houses by hand from sticks and mud, Jason helped local schools recover from decades of neglect under Apartheid. As South Africa began its post-Apartheid struggle, Jason saw first hand the ability of political leadership to transform and inspire an entire community.'

More:
http://www.carterforstatesenate.com/page/about-jason-carter

[caseymoz]

66. So, how many votes would he have gotten if he hadn't been in that family?

Half?

I'm not knocking him or his family or his policies, I'm just stating that the overall trend of political power being gathered in families is disturbing.

[DirtyDawg]

50. My concern is...

...that young Jason is gonna get buried in the mess that is the Georgia Legislature, which is overwhelmingly Republican. When his granddaddy was Governor Democrats still ruled the roost - even if most of 'em were DINOs. Today he's gonna be 'back-benched' and unless we're lucky enough to have the former, Democratic, Governor, Roy Barnes returned to office, he - Jason - along with the rest of the Democrats will just languish in obscurity. Still wish him well since I'm in his District, but am not optimistic...you see this state is doomed because most of 'em have bought into all the lies about Obama, Democrats, Liberals and Progressives, in short, anything and everything that a few of us here still believe in.

[DemoTex]

52. Was the victory party at Manual's Tavern?

Manuel Maloof (1924 - 2004) was a great American Democrat and owner of Manual's Tavern in Decatur. Many a Democratic victory (and wake) has been observed at Manual's. It certainly looks like Manual's in the photos.

My heartfelt congratulations to Jason Carter and his family. I hope this is the beginning of a turn-around in atavistic Georgia. Next time I'm in Manual's I'll buy a round in honor of the Carters.

[onehandle]

54. No. Although I have been there for many celebrations. See this link:

Or scroll up to:

#11 'PHOTOS FROM EVENT AND COMMENTS' from above.

It was at 'Twains Brewpub' in Decatur. The county seat of my district.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4377697&mesg_id=4377854

[mvd]

55. K&R for Jason

:kick:

[onehandle]

56. ---> Be sure and see the reply above 'PHOTOS FROM EVENT AND COMMENTS.' Post #11. nt

[No Elephants]

60. Great news! Great pics! Thank you so much. Made my day.

[BolivarianHero]

61. Was this an upset or was it expected?

Don't know much about GA state politics except that a lot of the (White) "Democrats" in the state legislature are worse than New England repukes.

[onehandle]

63. This is the most liberal county in Georgia. John Lewis is our Representative.

That should tell you something right there.

[sonias]

62. Yea ! A new Carter in the Georgia Senate!

I love the Carters. I bet President Carter is so proud of his Grandson.

I am!

:woohoo:

[patrice]

64. Excellent!!!

:applause: