Graves wins seat in Congress; rematch simmering. Local politics. Calhoun mourns loss of former officer. 50% rain chance.

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Politics

-Graves wins Ninth Congressional District seat: Tom Graves, a Ranger Republican who resigned from the state House to campaign for the congressional seat Nathan Deal left, will replace Deal. Graves beat Gainesville's Lee Hawkins by a 56.5-43.5 percent margin. Graves won in 12 of 15 counties in the district, including Gordon County (80 percent of the votes went to Graves). Click

-Another tea party win: Graves won the support of the tea party movement early on and it paid off again Tuesday. Graves also was the top vote-getter in the May special election for the unexpired congressional term.

-What's next: Graves, Hawkins and three other Republicans go at it again in the July 20 primary. Graves' win Tuesday only means he'll finish Deal's 2010 term. The Graves-Hawkins race got dirty at the end; how much of that will carry over into the primary? And what will we hear from the three other GOP candidates on it?

-Busy primary season for local, regional candidates. Click Politics

Perdue vetoes bill that included assistance for billion-dollar indoor ski resort new Red Top Mountain. Even more stunning: some people thought this thing actually had a chance. AJC

Wednesday's Buzz:

-Synovus Financial Corp., parent company of GB & T, has declared a penny-a-share dividend payable July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 17.

Tuesday reports from the Bartow County Jail. Click

Dixie Swim Club from Pumphouse Players opens this weekend. Details

June 26: Second Annual Bike Wash hosted by Chapter 376 and Hooter's of Cartersville, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., benefitting Feed the Children. For more, click www.Star376.com

Your latest forecast:

-Wednesday: 50% rain chance, high of 90, low of 69. 

-Thursday:  50% chance of rain, high of 92, low of 69.

-Extended forecast: Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey 

-So the World Cup begins this week. Read my lips: I couldn't care less.

Rome Braves. Sports

-Charleston pounds Rome Braves, 7-1.

-Braves off Wednesday, home Thursday vs. Greenville.

-Rome Braves place two pitchers, coach on SAL All-Star team.

-Mills Fitzner's home game photos. Click