For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system.

He won five counties with a majority including his home of Hall (64%) Dade (56%) Walker (55%) White (53%) and Stephens (53%). Deal was handily re-elected in his first election as a Republican in the 1996 General Election even though Jenkins endorsed his Democratic opponent attorney McCracken "Ken" Poston. S.

The following day Handel declined to pursue a recount and conceded. On November 2 Democratic opponent Roy Barnes called to concede the race for governor of Georgia making Deal the governor-elect to succeed term-limited Sonny Perdue in 2011.