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Moving Into the District to Run

Jill Chambers says this about Chris Huttman:

My opponent is a political operative with questionable motives who moved into our district to run against me. Desperate to hold elective office, a few years ago he did the exact same thing in Dunwoody and received only 23.9% of the vote.

Here's the truth. There is nothing questionable about Chris Huttman's motives. He's a lifelong resident of North DeKalb who graduated from the former Nancy Creek Elementary School in 1993 and was an honor graduate from Chamblee High School in 1998. In 2002, still in college and registered at his parent's house in the Hampton Hall subdivision near Marist High School he learned that the mostly Dunwoody centered District 52 would go uncontested by a Democrat. Feeling that voters should have a choice, he placed his name on the ballot and ran a professional, cordial campaign. He is still friends with his 2002 opponent, Rep. Fran Millar, a Republican. The districts have since been redrawn. Chris has lived in District 81 since purchasing his first home here in 2005, his parents live in neighboring District 80.

Here's what Jill left out of her smear. Only one candidate in District 81 was so desperate to hold elective office that she moved into 'our district'. In 1996, Jill Chambers ran for the DeKalb County Commission from South DeKalb and lost to former Commissioner Ken Davis 79-21*. When legislators redrew the maps in 2001 and created the open seat District 53 (our district's former number), Jill Chambers moved from South DeKalb County to Dunwoody in order to run in the new seat. If Chris Huttman was so desperate to hold elected office, why didn't he also move to District 53 that year instead of choosing to run a dignified campaign against Fran Millar? It's because Jill Chambers is the political operative with questionable motives who will do anything to win. Not Chris Huttman.

* Source: DeKalb County Voter Statistics, available for review at DeKalb County Board of Elections


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