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L-R, Rev. Dexter Wimbish (D) and incumbent District Attorney Marie Broder (R).
While most political ads have disappeared, there’s one local race still to be decided: district attorney for the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Upson counties.
Veteran Assistant D.A. Marie Broder was appointed last year by Gov. Brian Kemp to replace Ben Coker, who became the circuit’s newest superior court judge. The special election on Feb. 9 is for the remaining two years of the four-year-term for D.A.
Broder, a Republican, has a Democrat opponent, Rev. Dexter Wimbish, a Griffin-based attorney and civil rights advocate.
90 arrests in big Georgia meth bust
Authorities say around 90 arrests are expected in the end of a methamphetamine drug investigation.
JACKSON, Ga. - A big drug investigation that law enforcement dubbed Crystal Web in 12 Georgia counties that targeted methamphetamines was expected to end with more than 90 arrests.
Butts County Sheriff Gary Long said this meth network was dealing about 22 pounds of methamphetamines a week. He called it a large operation and believed law enforcement had dismantled it from the top down.
Sheriff Gary Long of Butts County
The roundup of suspects started early Friday morning and continued late in the afternoon. More than 90 suspects in both Butts and Spalding Counties.
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District Attorney Marie Broder. Photo/Submitted.
District Attorney Marie Greene Broder has announced her candidacy for election as District Attorney of the Griffin Judicial Circuit in a special election on Feb. 9.
The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled that the term of District Attorney could not be extended by the Governor for two years as was initially thought, so the Governor has called this special election, said Broder.
“I am honored to have this job, and I am running to remain District Attorney in this special election,” Broder said.
Broder was appointed in March to fill the vacancy left when former District Attorney Ben Coker was sworn in as Superior Court Judge.