Jim Marshall In Serious Trouble

by: Matt Stoller

Thu Oct 11, 2007 at 19:14:40 PM EDT

Macon Mayor Jack Ellis announced last week that he was forming an exploratory committee to determine his chances against Marshall. "We need a real Democrat to represent this district in office," Ellis said.

Now Robert Nowak, a schoolteacher and Democrat from Macon, has joined the primary race against Marshall. It's a first-time run for Nowak, 58, who, among other things, cited Marshall's vote against additional funding for Georgia's PeachCare as a reason to replace him.

Read the comments after the article.  Georgia Democrats are really mad at Marshall, as voting against children's health care really seems to be a deal-breaker.  More primary opponents may jump in.