- Collection:
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Collection, 2017-2020
- Title:
- Blake Aued interviewed by Ashton Ellett, 12 December 2018.
- Creator:
- Aued, Blake
Ellett, Ashton G. (Ashton Gene),1985- - Date of Original:
- 2018-12-12
- Subject:
- Politics and government
Georgia Politics and government
Georgia
Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) Politics and government
Georgia Athens-Clarke County - People:
- Aued, Blake
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Interviewed by Ashton Ellett.
Part of a 7 interview subseries titled "Reflections on the 2018 Midterm Elections."
Aued talks about the 2018 Athens-Clarke County municipal elections and their potential impact on local politics and policy, including a discussion of the progressive Athens for Everyone organization. Aued analyzes Tabitha Johnson-Green’s victory in the 10th congressional district Democratic primary. He analyzes the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary and runoff between Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Aued looks at Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams’s victory over state Rep. Stacey Evans in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He assesses other down-ballot, statewide primary elections. The interview turns to the general election, and Aued analyzes the gubernatorial general election between Abrams and Kemp. Aued reflects on state Rep. Deborah Gonzalez and state Rep. Jonathan Wallace’s defeats. He discusses Democrats’ continuing weakness in statewide runoff elections. The interview closes with Aued’s thoughts on Governor Brian Kemp’s administration, the 2019 legislative session, and the upcoming 2020 election.
Blake Aued is the news editor for Flagpole Magazine in Athens, GA. He writes the weekly “City Dope” column for Flagpole. He was also a writer at the Athens-Banner Herald and a regular contributor to WUGA's Athens News Matters with Alexia Ridley. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL425TPGA-068/video-access
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project, TPGA-068, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 videorecording (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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