I’m guessing Perdue is ahead at this point solely because of name ID. When I saw the headline, I thought Sonny Perdue was running. How is David related to Sonny?
Cousin.
His cousin’s last name, and he’s 2nd behind Kingston in terms of money. Self-financing, I presume.
I am not inclined to support him, even over Kingston who is the GOPE favorite. There have not been a ton of polls that I can find but out of the 4 listed on Wikipedia from this year, this is the second that shows Perdue in front (of a badly divided 5-way field) but this one shows with much more support than any other previous poll. The next most recent poll, a PPP, has him in 4th with Broun in front by 13 points over Gingrey.
Unfortunately, Karen Handel, whom I deem to be the best choice, lags behind in the money race and makes the runoff in only 1 of the 4 polls. Gingrey would be my second choice, by default, not a stellar group. If Handel can’t compete I’ll have to advise a vote for Gingrey.
Keeping Broun (the creationist paulish candidate, who is probably the only Republican than could blow the general election to spawn of Nunn) out of the runoff is what I hope for. Unfortunately Broun appears to be the favorite among freepers.
There is a 6th fellow whom DJ likes, Derrick Grayson, a Black Minister. But he polls in the single digits and has no money. Unfortunate, because he seems better than most of the candidates. Has a professional looking website.
They’re cousins. Perdue is also well-funded and running lots of ads.