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jeb_arlo
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« on: September 27, 2020, 11:22:58 AM »

If Warnock loses this year, what are the chances McBath runs for that Senate seat in 2022?
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2020, 11:59:01 PM »

2022 Predictions:

Governor:  Stacey Abrams
Senator:  Raphael Warnock
Lt. Governor:  Keisha Lance Bottoms
Attorney General:  Lucy McBath
Secretary of State:  Nikki Merritt
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2020, 11:06:44 AM »


That's a very weird office to have McBath running for.

Don't you think it's better than being a back-bench Representative in the House minority?
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2020, 11:34:00 PM »


That's a very weird office to have McBath running for.

Don't you think it's better than being a back-bench Representative in the House minority?
She isn't a lawyer.

You don't have to be a lawyer to do the job.  In the House, she serves on the Committee on Education and Labor (the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections) and the Committee on the Judiciary (the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security).  If she can do that, she can run an Attorney General's office.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2020, 12:50:01 AM »
« Edited: November 14, 2020, 01:13:35 AM by Heebie Jeebie »


That's a very weird office to have McBath running for.

Don't you think it's better than being a back-bench Representative in the House minority?
She isn't a lawyer.

You don't have to be a lawyer to do the job.  In the House, she serves on the Committee on Education and Labor (the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections) and the Committee on the Judiciary (the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security).  If she can do that, she can run an Attorney General's office.

You absolutely have to be an attorney to be attorney general.

If that's a legal requirement, I wasn't aware and I stand corrected.  If not, in practice the AG is more of a political and managerial job so it doesn't really matter if they aren't up to date on the nuances of federal or state procedure, and I maintain that McBath would be well qualified.

EDIT:  Looked it up--you're right and I'm wrong.  The Georgia AG "must be an active-status member of the Georgia State Bar for seven years."  Though, interestingly, many states have no such formal requirement.

Updated 2022 Predictions:

Governor:  Stacey Abrams
Senator:  Raphael Warnock (Lucy McBath if Warnock loses his runoff)
Lt. Governor:  Keisha Lance Bottoms
Attorney General:  Teresa Tomlinson
Secretary of State:  Nikki Merritt
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