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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 28,2021, Page 3A
Lee GOP Party News And Special Guests
Special to the Ledger
by Allison Largeman
The Lee County Re
publican Party has been
busy organizing and co
ordinating several events
for our community. We
recently worked with the
Dougherty County GOP
party to host Secre
tary of State candidate,
David Belle Isle. On
July 13, 2021, Lee GOP
Chair, Tyler Johnson,
introduced David to a
large group of people at
Austin’s restaurant on
Old Dawson Road in
Albany. Piper Lowe led
us in prayer and William
Moorhead led the pledge
of allegiance and read
a wonderful mission
statement about our con
servative values. Tracy
Taylor, Dougherty GOP
Chair, did a great job
welcoming everyone and
ran the event. David is
from Gainesville, Geor
gia, and is an attorney
who served as Chairman
of the North Fulton May
or’s Association and Al
pharetta Convention and
Visitor’s Bureau Board.
David has excellent ex
perience and he and his
wife have two children
and remain active with
North Point Community
Church. David states he
can repair our broken
election system. He
recognizes the fraud and
wants to bring back vot
er confidence in Georgia.
David states he wants to
move to hand-marked
paper ballots like in 35
other states. When asked
about what makes David
different from the other
candidates running for
this position, David
mentioned his vast work
experience and under
standing of the election
system along with his
legal background. This
was an excellent event
and very enlightening.
David gave a great
speech and took sever
al questions from the
attendees.
On July 20,2021, Bran
don Phillips, District 2
GOP Chair, welcomed
another speaker, Latham
Saddler, who is a candi
date for the 2022 Unit
ed States Senate seat
currently held by Rever
end Raphael Warnock.
The event was held at
Riverfront Barbecue
restaurant. Lee County
GOP Secretary, Allison
Largeman, introduced
Latham to the people
who came out to meet
him. It was an excellent
turnout for a rainy Tues
day afternoon. Latham
gave an extraordinary
speech about his back
ground and his goals.
Latham served for eight
years as a Navy SEAL
officer. Despite being
told he would never
make it as a SEAL, and
a broken foot during
Hell Week, he was able
to complete the training
and serve as a SEAL.
Latham is married to
Melissa and has two
young sons. He spoke
about his love for his
twin brother, Ashby, who
has Down’s Syndrome,
and who may come to
live with his family in
the future. While in col
lege at the University of
Georgia, Latham felt the
call to serve in the na
tion’s military as 9/11 un
folded. Latham became
fluent in Persian-Farsi
and Dari while pursuing
a master’s degree in In
ternational Affairs from
Georgia Tech. While on
active duty in the middle
east, he received orders
to serve at the White
House as Director of
Intelligence Programs
on the National Secu
rity Council during the
Trump Administration.
Latham believes in the
resilience of America
and Americans. Latham
emphasized he is con
cerned about our future,
concerned about the Chi
na threat, and revealed he
has had many sleepless
nights. He recognizes
that things as they are
now are wrong. He men
tioned the critical need
for good future leaders
to step up and serve in
political office now, as
opposed to serving in the
military. Latham stated
good conservative people
will need to get out of
their comfort zones and
serve. Security, liber
ty and prosperity are
the three tenants of his
campaign. As a Senator,
Latham will be guided
by his Christian faith and
conservative Georgia val
ues and will put Georgia
first in Washington.
Lee and Dougherty
conservatives are plan
ning to host Gubernato
rial candidate, Kandiss
Taylor, on August 10,
2021, at the Leesburg li
brary. We will be putting
out information about
this event and several
other upcoming events
on our Facebook pages
and to our membership
email list. Feel free to
contact us if you are
interested in joining the
Lee County Republican
party and all conserva
tive minded people are
welcome. We can be
reached at LeeGOP@
protonmail.com
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