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10 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, May 29, 2024 May 21st, 2024 General Primary Election Results Judge - Supreme Court (Boggs): Michael P. Boggs (I)* - 100%; Judge - Supreme Court (Ellington): John J. Ellington (I)* - 100%; Judge - Supreme Court (Peterson): Nels Peterson (I)* - 100%; Judge - Supreme Court (Pinson): John Barrow ## - 56.92%, Andrew Pinson (I) - 43.08% Judge - Court of Appeals (Dillard): Stephen Dillard (I)* - 100%; Judge - Court of Ap peals (Hodges): Ken Hodges (I)* - 100%; Judge - Court of Appeals (Land): Ben Land (I)* - 100%; Judge - Court of Appeals (Mercier): Amanda H. Mercier (I)* - 100%; Judge - Court of Appeals (Miller): Jeff Davis - 50.66%, Tabitha Ponder - 49.34%; Judge - Court of Appeals (Rickman): Brian M. Rickman (I)* -100%; Judge - Court of Appeals (Watkins): Jeffrey A. Watkins (I)* - 100% Judge - Superior Court - Eastern Judicial Circuit (Colbert): Lisa Colbert (I)* - 100%; Judge - Superior Court - Eastern Judicial Circuit (Freesemann): Chris Middleton - 60.70%, Frank Pennington - 39.30%; Judge - Superior Court - Eastern Judicial Circuit (Morse, Jr.): John "Pancho” Morse, Jr. (I)* - 100% State Court Judge (Coolidge): Elizabeth "Lib by” Coolidge (I)* - 100%; State Court Judge (White): Derek J. White (I)* - 100%; State Court Judge (Sapp): Greg Sapp (I)* - 100% Probate Court Judge: Tom Bordeaux (I)* - 68.04%, An thony Burton - 31.96% Chief Magistrate Court: Mary Kathryn Moss (I)* - 69.68%, Van’Nessa Bailey - 30.32%; Judge of Magis trate Court: Tracie Macke - 55.02%, Katie A. Brewington - 44.98% Continued from Page 1 Judge of Recorders Court: Crystal Denise Hannon - 100% County BOE - District 1: Denise R. Grabowski (I)* - 51.01%, Barbara S. Hubbard - 48.99%; County BOE - Dis trict 2: Dionne Hoskins (I)* - 100%; County BOE - District 3: Connie Hall (I)* - 65.87%, Tanet Taharka Myers - 34.13%; County BOE - District 7: Stephanie Campbell - 52.31%, Michael Johnson (I)* - 30.87%, James "Jay” Jones - 16.82% ## DID NOT WIN STATEWIDE Democrats voted Yes to all Party Questions of Inter est and Republicans voted Yes to all Party Questions of Inter est except Party Question 8. REPUBLICAN: Party Question 1: Yes - 66.31%, No - 33.69%; Party Question 2: Yes - 57.14%, No - 42.86%; Party Question 3: Yes - 92.90%, No - 7.10%; Par ty Question 4: Yes - 67.10%, No - 32.90%; Party Question 5: Yes - 78.45%, No - 21.55%; Party Question 6: Yes - 80.16%, No - 19.84%; Party Question 7: Yes - 77.92%, No - 22.08%; Party Question 8: Yes - 6.14%, No'' - 93.86% DEMOCRAT: Party Question 1: Yes - 94.03%, No - 5.97%; Party Question 2: Yes - 95.55%, No - 4.45%; Party Question 3: Yes - 90.16%, No - 9.84%; Party Question 4: Yes - 91.80%, No - 8.20%; Party Question 5: Yes - 81.11%, No - 18.89%; Party Question 6: Yes - 96.28%, No - 3.72%; Party Question 7: Yes - 81.45%, No - 18.55%; Party Question 8: Yes - 95.98%, No - 4.02% Savannah 3 Cidlur*! fff luecsi" ADULT dance CLASSES AND CAMPS! JUNE - AUGUST Hip Hop* Musical Theatre* Ballet, Modern DanceS More! / > Savannah Cultural Arts Center 20L Montgomery St savannahga.gov/arts MM IFESAVING CARE IS A BEAUTIFUHL THING. 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Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Judge Angela Martinez “Later, the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Aframe.” Schumer praised Aframe as an exceptional addition to the First Circuit, highlighting his unanimous “well-qualified” rating by the American Bar Association and extensive experience in the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Hampshire. “I expect that the Senate will reach the signifi cant milestone of 200 judges under Senate Democrats and President Biden,” Schumer continued. “That is a figure we can all be proud of and shows how intensely focused we are on filling the bench with jurists who will make our democracy stronger and uphold the rule of law.” Despite being locked out of a Supreme Court ma jority, Biden, with the support of the Democratic-majority Senate, has made substantial changes to the federal courts by emphasizing diversity. The absence of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) due to his corruption trial and the opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has pledged to support only nominees with bipartisan backing, poses challenges for Schumer in advancing more controversial judges. Notably, Biden’s ap pointments have generally gar nered bipartisan support. Many have received voice votes, and Continued from Page 1 Judge Dena M. Coggins some have the support of mod erate Republicans like Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who backed a procedural vote on Aframe’s nomination. The racial and ethnic breakdown of Biden’s judicial appointments reveals a diverse slate: 36 percent white, 27 per cent Black, 16 percent Hispan ic, 14 percent Asian, 5 percent multi-racial, 1 percent Native American, and 1 percent Mid dle Eastern. In contrast, 65 per cent of Trump’s judicial ap pointments were white men. Biden has appointed 125 non white judges compared to Trump’s 37 and Obama’s 120. As Biden aims to match Trump’s record of 237 federal judicial appointments, including three Supreme Court justices, his administration will require significant Senate coop eration in the coming months. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 was a prime example of the conservative influence that Trump’s administration and a Republican-controlled Senate had on the judiciary. Reflecting on the im portance of judicial diversity, Schumer concluded, “We are intensely focused on filling the bench with jurists who will make our democracy stronger and uphold the rule of law.” Nonprofit CEOs - Overcome the Fear of Asking Fundraising is known for its abundance of disap pointments and few successes. Don’t let that get you down. It’s just a fact of life. And you can overcome it. Let’s say you’re a kid and you want a specific gift. What do you do? We recom mend talking to those who just might give you a gift. Tell them what you want. Tell them why you want it, and how your life will be so wonderfully differ ent once you have it. We hope you can conjure up the feelings that come with knowing you just might get what you want. Feel the feeling of knowing that people are going to come through for you. You need this feeling when you are fundraising as a nonprofit director or CEO. You must believe that what you are asking for is important. You have to know and understand the mission, goals, values, and fundraising priorities of the or ganization you represent. You have to feel confident - you are not begging. And you can not take rejection personally. If you have hesitancy, hire a con sultant to coach you through the process of learning how to have a cultivation conversa tion, and - at the appropriate time - a solicitation conversa tion. Fundraising is a noble ac tivity you engage in on behalf of the organization you lead. If you can’t overcome your fear of asking you are doing a dis service to your nonprofit. Do your homework. Your ask or solicitation should be informed by knowledge of what your constituency wants, what their complaints are, and the ways in which they value you. You should have already tested and gotten proper feed back from stakeholders about your fundraising priorities. In terms of a specific ask, you need to do your personal home work to understand the pro spective donor or funder you are approaching. Do you know what is important to them? Get your house in or der. Here’s a basic tenet - you can’t sell what you don’t know. Just because your organization “needs money” doesn’t mean you are ready to fundraise. You start with a written case for sup port that defines what you are raising money for, how much you need for specific initia tives, and what the impact will be when your fundraising is successful. You must practice, practice, practice your elevator speech. And you need a back up plan. If a prospective donor or funder says “no,” you need another option to put on the table that aligns with their in terests and capacity. Too often the search for funding blinds a solicitor from asking for other valuable resources such as en gagement, in-kind resources, expertise, or introductions. You may say to your self, “Oh my gosh that is a lot of work! Why won’t people just give us money? We need it.” Ah, if only life was like that. Gifts that come like man na from heaven are few and far between. You have to prepare. And that includes building the capacity and infrastructure to properly cultivate, make the ask, and follow up. You can do it, it’s all part of leadership! Copyright 2024 - Mel and Pearl Shaw of Saad&Shaw - Comprehensive Fund Devel opment Services. Video and phone conferencing services always available. Let us help you grow your fundraising. Call us at (901) 522-8727 or visit www.saadandshaw.com.
