Jimmy Carter's grandson wins Ga. Senate seat

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By SHANNON McCAFFREY (AP) – 16 hours ago

ATLANTA — The eldest grandson of former President Jimmy Carter has won a suburban Atlanta state Senate seat in a special election Tuesday night.

Jason Carter became the first in his family to win elected office since his grandfather took the White House more than three decades ago.

Unofficial results showed Carter claiming 65 percent of the vote to fellow Democrat Tom Stubbs' 23 percent.

The 34-year-old Carter celebrated at a restaurant Tuesday night with his grandparents and other family members.

During the race, Carter focused more on the issues than on his famous grandfather. His website made scant mention of the former president, instead focusing on the younger Carter's life as a husband, father, Peace Corps volunteer, attorney and Democratic activist.

[onehandle]

1. Ahem --->

It's been on the front page since last night:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4377697
Scroll down the thread for pics of many Carters I took at the event.

:)

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2. You beat me to it, but then it was your thread.

It should be embarrassing when somebody reposts a story that is still on the Front Page with over 100 Recs. I don't think hardly anyone here ever checks to see if what they want to post has already been posted.

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3. I miss the days when Jimmy Carter was President, and I was young and felt like the

whole world was a wonderful thing waiting for me to discover its pleasures....I miss the optimism I felt in those days that we were going to be the generation that would make progress and the world was going to be a better place.

I'm so old and beaten down now, and ready to just pretty much lay down and die.