Carter Barrett defeats three-term incumbent Sheri Gilligan in District 24 race
News June 22, 2022
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County banker Carter Barrett ousted three-term incumbent Sheri Smallwood Gilligan in Tuesday’s Republican Primary Runoff to win the Georgia House of Representatives District 24 seat.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Barrett received 2,317 votes to Gilligan’s 1,623. The result marked a substantial turnaround from last month’s General Primary, in which Gilligan outpolled Barrett by about 600 votes in a three-candidate race.
Brent Cox defeated Julie Tressler in the race for Georgia House District 28. Cox, a businessman and former football coach reeived 2,330 votes to Tressler’s 1,829.
In the runoff for 6th District US Congress, Dr. Rich McCormick easily defeated lawyer Jake Evens by a two to one margin, 27,418 to 13,788.
6th District Congressional candidate McCormick will host a viewing of 2000 Mules
News May 16, 2022
Forsyth County Tea Party and Young Republicans shootout set April 30
News March 26, 2022
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Forsyth County Tea Party and Forsyth County Young Republicans have a special event planned for those who support Constitutional Carry and the Second Amendment on April 30 at Freedom Mill Gun Range and Brew and Shine on Spot Road in Cumming.
The day will begin with a shootout on the range at 11a.m. and will continue until 2 p.m. You can shoot just for fun or test your skills and maybe take home bragging rights or a prize AR-15. There will be a short warmup of 17 rounds. Next the real competition begins. You have 7 shots to fire on a deck of cards target. The best 5 card poker hand wins. Then you have 10 rounds to fire on a bullseye target. Best score wins. Everyone that participates will get 1 free ticket for our AR-15 Raffle. There will be men’s and women’s winners. The men’s and women’s winner from each competition will receive 20 tickets in the AR-15 raffle.
Following the shootout, there will be a candidate meet and greet starting at 2 p.m. where you can meet and have lunch with Republican candidates including 6th District US Congressional candidate Dr. Rich McCormick, State House District 24 incumbent Sheri Gilligan and District 24 challenger Carter Barrett and State House District 28 candidate Blake McClellan. You are welcome to attend one event or both.
Tickets for the event range in price from $10 to $50. If you can’t attend, but want to support the effort to continue to support the 2nd Amendment, donations are welcome.
You can Purchase tickets at Eventbrite at the Link Below.
Dr. Rich McCormick draws large crowd to Tea Party meeting
News October 27, 2021
Monday’s Forsyth County Tea Party event attracted a large to hear Congressional candidate Dr. Rich McCormick speak.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A standing-room-only crowd was on hand at the VFW in Cumming Monday to welcome former State Senator Dr. Rich McCormick, a Republican candidate for United States Congress, as the guest speaker at the Forsyth Tea Party monthly meeting.
Tea Party President Bobby Donnelly welcomed guests and members, reminding them to vote “No” on the education special purpose local option sales tax (ESPLOST) that is on the ballot for a Nov. 2 vote.
“Right now what we are recommending is for you to vote against that,” Donnelly said. “We feel like the Board of Education has raised property taxes through assessments and their spending is out of control. We also feel like they aren’t being responsive enough on DEI and CRT.” He also said defeating the ESPLOST referendum would bring them to the table and “make them listen to us.”
McCormick wasted no time in criticizing the Biden Administration for its spending overreach. “There is nothing more jeopardizing to our future than the way we are spending,” he said. “I was appalled by their infrastructure bill that has trillions of dollars on the table. They’re not really investing in things we know as important to the infrastructure of the Unites States. It’s going to special interest projects like Planned Parenthood.”
He pointed to countries like Greece and Venezuela who, he argued, overspent and went bankrupt. “Most countries go bankrupt at about 113 percent spending over GDP,” he said. “We are right now at 130 percent over GDP. If that is not alarming to you, I don’t know what is.”
He also went after the Biden administration for turning its back on America’s allies.
“We have strategic alliances with countries like India and Israel who are totally surrounded by bad guys, people who hate us and hate them. And yet we have a president who doesn’t understand how to reinforce those relationships. Instead, he wants to gut them and have closer ties to China, a country that wants to destroy us.”
McCormick is an emergency room physician and decorated Marine helicopter pilot who served in Africa, the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.
He said he was “outraged” by the way America left Afghanistan, saying, “It was worse than Viet Nam.”
“We left $87 billion worth of brand new equipment. We lost our advantage in nighttime operations. Now they have armored vehicles and helicopters. It was embarrassing.”
He said he had friends who were in the room when President Trump laid out his plan for withdrawal which called for bringing every piece of equipment home. “He said, ‘if there is a cooler with an American flag on it, bring it home.’”
He also said there are no more important elections than those for school boards. “We need to take back the school boards,” he said. “If you think Forsyth is so conservative, take a look at your school board. See what is happening. When someone in the audience spoke out and said “Our children are being indoctrinated,” McCormick agreed and added, “They are making many future democrats and that is by design.”
The next meeting of the Forsyth Tea Party is Nov. 29 at the VFW hall at 7 p.m.
Top Republican Candidates will appear at RWFC event Tuesday
Featured Stories September 14, 2021
Dr. Rich McCormick
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Republican Women of Forsyth County will host a blockbuster political event Tuesday (Sept. 14) from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. at Polo Golf and Country Club in Cumming.
Featured guests include Dr. Rich McCormick, a decorated Marine helicopter pilot and emergency room physician, is a candidate for U.S. Congress, State Senator Burt Jones candidate for Lt. Governor, Secretary of State candidate David Bell Isle, and State Senator Tyler Harper, a candidate for Agriculture Commissioner.
As a veteran with over 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy, he served in combat zones in Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. As a Marine, he flew helicopters and taught at Georgia Tech and Morehouse College as the Marine Officer Instructor. In the Navy, Rich earned the rank of Commander and served as the Department Head for the Emergency Medicine Department in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Burt Jones
Jones has served as state senator in the 25th District since 2012 where he has worked to restore confidence and integrity in elections by working to pass the Election Integrity Act SB 202. He is a former UGA walk-on football player who was elected permanent team captain and who helped to lead the Dogs to the first SEC championship in 20 years.
Bell Isle is an attorney who was elected Mayor of Alpharetta in 2012 where he helped rebuild the city center and develop the city into what today is considered the “Technology City of the South.” He has served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Department of Economic Development and was elected Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party’s sixth district.
Tickets for the event are available for $10 for non-members.
Hundreds attend FCRP Independence Day cookout
News July 4, 2021
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Forsyth County Republican Party’s annual Fourth of July cookout at McDonald’s Community Room provided a great opportunity for folks to unmask, fellowship on a beautiful afternoon, enjoy some great food and meet many of the candidates running for local and state offices. Hundreds of people took advantage of the opportunity.
Fetch Your News askes some of the candidates in attendance what Independence day means to them.
U.S. Senate candidate Gary Black celebrated Independence Day at the annual Forsyth County Republican Party cookout Friday.
Georgia Agriculture Secretary Gary Black, a candidate for U.S. Senate said, “This is just a great day for us to remember this great country our founding fathers created for us. It is also a day of a little sadness when I look at the state our country is in today. But the foundation is there. We will be back stronger then eve.”
Dr. Rich McCormick, a former United States Marine pilot running for 7th District Congress, said “Independence Day is his favorite holiday. It’s about patriotism, love of country, family and the unique opportunities that define the United States and this great experiment that started over 200 years ago. It is something that is unique in this word where people can come from all over the world, no matter what you look like, no matter what your background is, no matter about your family ties. None of that matters. What matters is if you work hard, you will be successful. You don’t have those opportunities anywhere else in this world. It may be the greatest holiday ever created just because of that. I have two sons getting ready to go into the marines. They get it. They understand why this country is worth giving your life for as long as we preserve what is at the heart of this country.”
Dist. 26 State Rep. Lauren McDonald said Independence Day takes on a special meaning this year. “It means a lot more this year because everybody is back together. That’s something we missed last year because of COVID-19. It’s nice to get people back together smiling and not having to wear masks, celebrating the freedoms our forefathers gave us. That is what the 4th of July means to me and it’s great to see all these constitutionalists out here sharing their views and being pro-America.