State of the Race for Gwinnett Commission Chair: Libertarian Will Costa Takes an Early Lead

We've got the players for the impending special election for Gwinnett County Commission Chair, so who hit the ground running?


This particular media sweep was looking at several items of interest for most political aspirants, Web sites touting the particular candidate, FaceBook Campaign Page presence and google search hits on each candidates name with a selective filter of the last week.


Without further ado, here are the results of this weeks State of the Race Review!

Libertarian Will Costa
FaceBook Campaign Page? Yes.  Will Costa for Gwinnett County Chairman
Friend/Like count: 61 likes
Campaign Website? Yes.  Will Costa Libertarian for Gwinnett County Chair
Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 ranking out of 877,000,000 returns, 4 of the first 10 returns mention Will Costa in the title

Timothy Swiney
FaceBook Campaign Page? He's got a FaceBook page up that's focused on this race but only notes his name. Lots of posts, some discussion, but technically there is no campaign FaceBook page. Yet.
Campaign Website? Yes. Elect Timothy Swiney Gwinnett County, Commission Chairman
Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 ranking out of 127 results, 1 article mentions Timothy in the title.

Charlotte Nash
FaceBook Campaign Page? Not that I could find
Campaign Website? Nada
Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 ranking out of  452,000 returns, 2 of the first 10 returns mention Charlotte in the title of the article.

Larry Gause
FaceBook Campaign Page? None up for the Gwinnett Contest, Still has the old FaceBook page up from his attempt at the 4th Congressional District race.
Campaign Website? Nuttin'.
 Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 ranking out of  448 returns, 2 of the first 10 returns mention Larry in the title.








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Robert (Bob) Clark
FaceBook Campaign Page? Zilch
Campaign Website? Nope
Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 Ranking out of 5 returns, none of the articles mention his name in the title.


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Gerald Duane Kissel
FaceBook Campaign Page? No.
Campaign Website? Bupkis.
Google Page rank, last 7 days: Page 1 ranking out of 52 results, 1 article mentions his name in the title.


OK Folks, that's where we're at on the impending special election to replace Gwinnett County's outgoing commission chair. To my slightly biased eye it looks like Will Costa is currently fielding the most complete campaign and if todays research is any indicator the race will be a three way contest between Costa, Nash and Swiney. The election itself will be held mid March so there's plenty of time for things to shift around, but don't let that delay your efforts to assist Libertarian Will Costa.


You've got his website and facebook page links, hit 'em and head over to add your input!