Presidential primary ballot confirmed by Secretary of State

The ballot is now official for Georgia’s Presidential primary. Secretary of State Karen Handel says there are eight Democrats and nine Republicans in the running. Georgia will hold its Presidential Primary on February 5th, 2008. Voters who would like to participate in the primary must register to vote by January 7, 2008. If you would like to register to vote, please visit http://www.sos.georgia.gov/ .

In accordance with the list provided by the Democratic Party of Georgia, the following candidates will be listed on the Republican ballot in alphabetical order: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Fred Thompson.

In accordance with the list provided by the Republican Party of Georgia, the following candidates will be listed on the Republican ballot in alphabetical order: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis J. Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson.

Gingrich: No to '08 presidential run

In a quick turn of events, Georgia Republican and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced he will not make a run for President. Gingrich told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that an analysis of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law made clear he could not continue as head of his new American Solutions initiative, while at the same time launch an exploratory committee for the presidency.

Before this weekend decision, Gingrich spoke to GPB Thursday evening, on the charge by some critics that his initiative was serving as an indirect political campaign.

"Nothing that we have done in American Solutions relates to campaigning. Any poll we give out we give out to both the Democrat and Republican party...all of our programs have been open to both the Democrat and Republican party...we've invited both Democrats and Republicans to participate. We've really tried to make this very open and available to anybody".

Gingrich had just made high-profile appearances in support of his American Solutions organization, which held workshops across the nation over the weekend.