With primary six weeks off and early voting under way, politics start to sizzle

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Politics heats up: Primary 6 weeks away; early voting under way.

 

-Today: Parts of Gordon County gets early test with congressional runoff: Graves vs. Hawkins. Link to tonight's results.

-Sudden flurry of candidate forums: One in Rome, two in Bartow; one on the air/web.

-Georgia Young Republicans' straw poll has so-so results for local statewide candidates Preston Smith, John Barge.  

-Early voting in July 20 primary under way. 

 

Smog alert for Bartow County, metro Atlanta today.

 

Your latest forecast:     

 

-Tuesday: High of 91, low of 66.

-Wednesday: 40% rain chance, high of 91, low of 70. 

 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey

 

-Visualize this: Southern Cal playing Alabama in Russia in early January--outdoors.

 

Rome Braves. Sports 

-Another close one--but in favor of Rome.  Final: 4-3 Braves.

-Braves in Charleston tonght.

-Rome off Wednesday, at home starting Thursday  

-Mills Fitzner's latest game photos. Click