Two suspected conservatives are among the seven running for the Georgia Court of Appeals

McGuire and Adkins discount importance of bar poll and challenge each other in sharp exchange

Georgia Court of Appeals candidate Perry McGuire today announced his campaign has begun an aggressive advertising blitz, including a large purchase of radio advertising running until the end of the campaign.

ATLANTA: Georgia Court of Appeals candidate Perry McGuire today announced an expanded list of more than 80 key endorsements from legislative leaders, sheriffs, attorneys, and community leaders.

Perry J. McGuire acknowledges that he's never made an oral argument before an appellate court. He estimates that only 20 percent of his legal career has been in litigation.

Polite judicial forum leaves little room for breakout
Appeals court candidates show few differences at Federalist Society forum

Georgia Court of Appeals candidate Perry McGuire today welcomed the endorsement of the Georgia Right to Life PAC.

From presidential races on down, the power of endorsements is fleeting. Howard Dean landed Al Gore for the 2004 Democratic primaries but fell early in the primaries. One experienced observer, Atlanta lawyer Marc B. Hershovitz, says that Douglasville lawyer Perry J. McGuire and state Sen. Michael S. Meyer von Bremen, D-Albany, must be considered front-runners because both have waged successful political campaigns before—in both cases, for the state Legislature.

At least one candidate for the Georgia Court of Appeals says pledging not to take stances on issues - as four of the seven candidates have done - may hinder the judicial election process.

It's unlikely the state Court of Appeals will ever issue a ruling on whether the state or federal Constitution contains a right to abortion.