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The Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project documents how the Georgia Republican Party grew from a small grassroots party during an era of Democratic dominance into the state’s premiere political organization and governing party over the course of the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Interview participants represent current and former Republican and Democratic political figures who were active contributors or commenters on this transformation between 1952-2016, with a primary focus on the years post-1974.The collection documents the personal experiences and insights of the candidates, officeholders, activists, organizers, strategists, and analysts who participated in those key campaigns, intraparty conflicts, policy debates, and legislative battles. It also documents the accounts of the journalists and scholars who have chronicled these activities and achievements.<br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=4&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Georgia
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5.3 Interview with Bob Irvin, September 18, 2017 RBRL425TPGA-009 RBRL425TPGA Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Bob Irvin Ashton Ellett oral history 0 Kaltura video < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_hx51wnhw& ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; & ; wid=1_l5j71hob" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; English 29 Growing up Republican in Georgia Just to get started, tell us about growing up in and around Atlanta back during your childhood. Irvin says that he was first introduced to politics through his family, since they were Republicans in the heavily Democratic Georgia. He then talks about being the chairman for the state's Young Republicans, which eventually pushed him to run for office in 1972. Archie Lindsey ; Barry Goldwater ; College of William and Mary ; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Emory Law School ; Fulton County, Georgia ; John Savage ; reapportionment ; Republican politics ; Roswell, Georgia ; rural areas ; Sandy Springs, Georgia ; Young Republicans 17 342 1972 election / Urban Caucus What was Georgia Republican politics like in '72 with an unpopular Democratic nominee in George McGovern? Irvin remembers succeeding in being elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1972, which he credits to Richard Nixon being a popular Republican president at the time. He also discusses his involvement in the bipartisan Urban Caucus, listing the policy goals of the group. " ; Georgia Democrat" ; ; Bibb County, Georgia ; Chatham County, Georgia ; conservatism ; education funding ; Fletcher Thompson ; Harry Geisinger ; highway funding ; House minority leader ; Jimmy Carter ; Metro Atlanta ; Mike Egan ; minority whip ; Muscogee County, Georgia ; Richmond County, Georgia ; Sam Nunn ; state legislature ; subcommittee chairman ; Urban Caucus ; urban/rural divide 17 599 Tom Murphy / Republican Caucus Tell me about Speaker Murphy and his relationship with the Republican caucus. Irvin recalls Tom Murphy's harsh treatment of the few Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives, contrasting Murphy with his predecessor, George L. Smith. Irvin next explains how the Republican caucus had very little agreement about policy, but eventually found certain issues to coalesce around. " ; party identification" ; issues ; accountability ; Bob Beckham ; conference committee ; Newt Gingrich ; open committee meetings ; Speaker of the House ; Virginia Shapard ; welfare reform ; Zell Miller 17 891 Watergate effects / State Republican Party You survived the 1974 Watergate wipeout. Irvin describes the severe impact that the Watergate scandal had on the Republican Party, particularly the the losses of several members of the already small Republican Caucus. He then ponders the different ways the state Republican Party responded to this--primarily by building a strong party platform and creating a reliable donor base. 1974 election ; AFL-CIO ; Bill Amos ; Bo Callaway ; Bob Shaw ; candidate recruitment ; fundraising ; Georgia Legislative Political Action Committee ; Haskey Bradley ; Herb Mayberry ; independent voters ; John Linder ; Long-Range Planning Committee ; Mack Mattingly ; Newt Gingrich ; Nora Allen ; party switching ; Paul Coverdell ; reform ; Richard Nixon ; Ronnie Thompson ; runoff election ; state party chairman ; voter turnout 17 1379 Involvement in state politics Okay, so you decide to step away from politics in 1978. Irvin details the ways he remained involved in Georgia politics after leaving the legislature, particularly in regards to Rodney Cook's 1978 challenge against George Busbee for the governorship. He also notes his involvement with Republican party politics through the state conventions. 1978 gubernatorial election ; George Busbee ; Harvard Business School ; honesty ; John Linder ; management consulting ; McKinsey & ; Company ; Newt Gingrich ; Paul Coverdell ; Rodney Cook ; Ronnie Thompson ; state party chairman ; tax increases 17 1687 Elections in the 1980s So let's talk about some of those conventions of the 1980s. Irvin comments on the multiple electoral losses Republicans sustained in Georgia in the 1980s, particularly the campaigns of Bob Bell for governor and Mack Mattingly's reelection for the U.S. Senate. He then remembers the different figures that ran in the divisive Republican Presidential primary in 1988. 1966 gubernatorial election ; 1982 gubernatorial election ; 1986 Senatorial race ; Bo Callaway ; Bo Ginn ; Bob Bell ; Bob Dole ; Brant Frost ; Christian right ; Connie Russell ; corruption ; David Gambrell ; Democratic political machine ; Ellis Arnall ; Fletcher Thompson ; George H.W. Bush ; Guy Davis ; Herman Talmadge ; Howard Baker ; Jack Kemp ; Joe Frank Harris ; John Connally ; Lester Maddox ; Mack Mattingly ; Pat Robertson ; Phil Crane ; retail politics ; Ronald Reagan ; state senator ; Wyche Fowler 17 2362 Returning to the Georgia legislature You decided to get back into elective politics. Irvin describes his failed attempt to return to the Georgia House of Representatives by displacing incumbent Dorothy Felton in 1990. He then discusses the circumstances around his successful special election in 1993, and becoming House minority leader the following year. 1990 election ; Bill Lee ; Burke Day ; city incorporation ; Elliott Levitas ; Garland Pinholster ; George Larsen ; House Rules Committee ; Jerry Horton ; Kil Townsend ; Mike Egan ; Nathan Deal ; Sally Newbill ; Sandy Springs, Georgia ; Scott Dix ; Sidney Marcus ; Steve Stencil ; Tom Murphy 17 2731 Role as House minority leader So now that you are in leadership and get to craft the issue and messaging of the party, what did you try to pursue, and what was the purpose behind the policies? Irvin lists the policies he, as the minority leader, tried to push through the House of Representatives, to varying degrees of success. He also tells of Guy Millner's role in the party in the mid-1990s, particularly in regard to bringing in a consistent donor base. 1994 gubernatorial race ; 1996 election ; camaign funding ; criminal recidivism ; fundraising ; Mike Bowers ; party platform ; party politics ; party switching ; Rusty Paul ; State Board of Pardons and Paroles ; Tom Murphy ; violent crime ; welfare reform ; Zell Miller 17 3253 State party in the 1990s I forgot to ask, were you still as involved in the state party in the '90s a leader as you had been in the '70s? Irvin remembers the tactics the Republican state party chairmen took to bolster Republicans in elections in the 1990s, comparing their methods to modern political consulting. Irvin then contemplates the theories as to why Lynn Westmoreland was able to overcome him in his reelection as House minority leader. Bibb County ; Billy Lovett ; budget cuts ; campaigning ; Chuck Clay ; conservatism ; Department of Family and Child Services ; fundraising ; interest groups ; Marvin Arrington ; Mike Bowers ; Roy Barnes ; Rusty Paul ; welfare reform ; Zell Miller 17 3525 Elections in 2002 But 2000 is not the end of your elective career. Irvin recalls his failed attempt to run for U.S. Senate in 2002, noting that the national Republican Party favored a nominee who was also a Congressman, and Saxby Chambliss attracted their attention because he fit that bill. He also comments on the multiple electoral victories Republicans had in Georgia in 2002. 2002 election ; Bill Byrne ; Charles Walker ; Dick Cheney ; Dick Pettis ; Eric Tannenblatt ; George W. Bush ; Linda Schrenko ; middle Georgia ; party switching ; Pierre Howard ; President pro tempore ; primary race ; redistricting ; Republican National Committee ; school teachers ; Sonny Perdue ; south Georgia ; state flag ; transportation 17 4008 Democratic incumbency in Georgia Why were Georgia Democrats able to hold on as long as 2002? Irvin considers the factors that helped the Democratic Party retain power in Georgia into the new millennium. He credits a coalition of rural whites and urban blacks and Democratic redistricting to empower those groups as the main reasons Democrats held political control until 2002. " ; night-and-day" ; coalition ; business community ; conservatism ; crime ; education ; gerrymandering ; liberalism ; popular vote ; state funding ; Tom Murphy ; welfare 17 4299 Republican governance Some people have said the governing priorities, or the way the Republican Party has governed the state of Georgia since 2003, is not really that different from how conservative Democratic governors and legislatures governed the state. Irvin talks about the policies that differentiate Republican governance from Democratic governance, namely refusing to expand the state's budget and enacting pro-business economic policies. He then lists some areas where Republicans have not been successful, including education and transportation. criminal justice ; George Busbee ; Georgia Department of Transportation ; low taxes ; opportunity school amendment ; prosperity ; regulations ; Roy Barnes ; TSPLOST ; Zell Miller 17 4704 Improving transportation Since we're on the issue of transportation, what is the future of transportation, what are Atlanta's critical transportation needs? Irvin elaborates on his views about the transportation system in Georgia, namely around Atlanta. He stresses that while traffic congestion cannot be entirely eliminated in a large city, it can be minimized through highway and busway expansion. Amazon ; Chicago, Illinois ; Coffee County, Georgia ; developmental highways ; Google ; London, England ; MARTA ; New York City ; Paris, France ; policy analysis ; rural healthcare ; TSPLOST ; urban-rural divide ; zoning 17 5088 Threats to Republican incumbency / 2017 6th District special election Back to politics, what is the greatest danger imperiling a Republican majority, either in the short-term or long-term? Irvin claims that the greatest threat to Republicans is not demographic changes, as many claim, but instead ignoring the needs of the public for their own self-gain. He also affirms that the competitive race between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff was not indicative of the political parties' futures, and instead an anomaly created by the circumstances and both sides' campaigning. 2017 6th District special election ; African-American voters ; Democratic National Committee ; Democratic Party ; demographic shifts ; Donald Trump ; Hispanic voters ; local base ; majority party ; media ; partisan politics ; party splits ; political ads ; public needs ; public relations ; purple state ; selfishness ; state legislature ; voter outreach 17 5482 2016 Presidential election 2016, a historic Presidential election. What is the short-term and long-term effect of Donald Trump on the Republican Party? Irvin postulates about the impact of Donald Trump's election in 2016, as well as the factors contributing to Trump's success. Irvin also raises questions about Bernie Sanders's popularity among millennials, as well as Trump's surprising lack of success in Cobb County. 1984 Presidential election ; 1996 Presidential election ; Bernie Sanders ; Bill Clinton ; business community ; Cobb County, Georgia ; demographic changes ; Donald Trump ; economic prosperity ; economic protectionism ; Erick Erickson ; Gwinnett County, Georgia ; Hillary Clinton ; millenials ; NeverTrump movement ; Newt Gingrich ; Ronald Reagan ; rural voters ; Rust Belt ; Ted Cruz ; urban voters ; Walter Mondale 17 5813 2017 Atlanta mayoral race Upcoming mayor's race here in Atlanta. Irvin predicts the 2017 mayoral race in Atlanta, assuring that Mary Norwood has a strong chance of succeeding. He then discusses the potential of the then-leading Democratic opponents, Ceasar Mitchell and Keisha Lance Bottoms. 2009 Atlanta mayoral race ; African-American vote ; black community ; busing voters ; DeKalb County, Georgia ; Democratic Party ; independent ; Kasim Reed ; Republican Party ; Republican supporters ; runoff election ; Vincent Fort ; voter turnout 17 6173 2018 gubernatorial race / Future of the parties There's also Governor Deal term-limited in 2018. Irvin weighs the odds of each candidate in the 2018 gubernatorial race, claiming the Republicans will still likely walk away with a victory, but with whom he is not sure. Irvin then states what both political parties should do if they wish to succeed in future elections. Brian Kemp ; candidate recruitment ; Casey cagle ; Clay Tippins ; David Shafer ; Democratic primaries ; Hunter Hill ; Jason Carter ; John Oxendine ; Michelle Nunn ; Mike Williams ; minority leader ; name recognition ; party platform ; party switching ; policy solutions ; political outsider ; Roy Barnes ; rural whites ; Stacey Abrams ; Stacey Evans 17 No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. video 0 RBRL425TPGA-009.xml RBRL425TPGA-009.xml http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL425TPGA/findingaid
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Interview with Bob Irvin, September 18, 2017
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Bob Irvin grew up in rural North Fulton County in the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected as a Republican to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1972. He attended Harvard Business School, after which he came back to Georgia politics and was reelected to the Georgia Assembly in 1994 where he served as House Minority Leader. Irvin ran in the Georgia Senate Republican primary in 2002 against Saxby Chambliss. In this interview, Irvin talks about the growth of the Republican Party in Georgia since the 1970s, mentions the emergence of the Christian Right as a more conservative group in the Republican Party, and talks about the challenges to the Republican Party when it was a minority versus majority party.
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Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project
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The Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project documents how the Georgia Republican Party grew from a small grassroots party during an era of Democratic dominance into the state’s premiere political organization and governing party over the course of the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Interview participants represent current and former Republican and Democratic political figures who were active contributors or commenters on this transformation between 1952-2016, with a primary focus on the years post-1974.The collection documents the personal experiences and insights of the candidates, officeholders, activists, organizers, strategists, and analysts who participated in those key campaigns, intraparty conflicts, policy debates, and legislative battles. It also documents the accounts of the journalists and scholars who have chronicled these activities and achievements.<br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=4&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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5.4 Interview with Roy Barnes and Bob Irvin, February 28, 2018 RBRL425TPGA-042 RBRL425TPGA Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Roy Barnes Bob Irvin Ashton Ellett oral history 0 Kaltura video < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_ubmucnli& ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; amp ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; amp ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; amp ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; amp ; & ; wid=1_v3kn6e70" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=" ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *" ; frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; English 56 Introduction to politics I was hoping we could begin with both of you telling us how you got into politics. Irvin and Barnes both discuss their early interests in politics as well as why they first decided to run for office. Barnes comments how he began his political interests as a Republican due to Lester Maddox alienating him from the Democrats, but then switched to the Democratic Party after Richard Nixon's impeachment, just before running for the state senate in 1974. " ; Lincoln Republicans" ; ; 1970 gubernatorial race ; 1971 reapportionment ; candidate recruitment ; Cobb County, Georgia ; Fletcher Thompson ; Fulton County, Georgia ; Gerald Ford ; Hal Suit ; Jimmy Bentley ; Jimmy Carter ; party organization ; population growth ; Roswell, Georgia ; Young Republicans 362 Speaker Tom Murphy You both came into the legislature- House and Senate- in 1975. Irvin and Barnes evaluate Tom Murphy as the Speaker of the House in Georgia's House of Representatives, with Irvin contrasting him with George L. Smith, the speaker during Irvin's first year in the legislature. Though both describe Murphy as an effective leader and a benefit to both rural Georgians and the city of Atlanta, Barnes and Irvin do criticize Murphy for his unnecessarily harsh, belittling attitude toward his fellow members. " ; night-and-day coalition" ; ; " ; Pine Tree Mafia" ; ; " ; Wool Hat Boys" ; ; Al Burruss ; Georgia World Congress Center ; Joe Mac Wilson ; leadership style ; lieutenant governor ; loyalty ; majority leader ; MARTA ; metro Atlanta ; moderation ; presiding officer ; rural legislators ; urban-and-rural coalition ; Zell Miller 720 Georgia General Assembly in the 1970s In the 1970s, what were the top priorities that the General Assembly had to grapple with? Irvin and Barnes list the various issues that the Georgia General Assembly tackled during their services in the 1970s, including budgeting, infrastructure-building, and education. Irvin and Barnes also talk about their respective friendships with Paul Coverdell, who they both admired for his commitment to help the people he served, even through bipartisan means, despite his role as a partisan actor. 1975 budget cuts ; bipartisanship ; Cobb County, Georgia ; committee chairman ; demographic change ; downtown Atlanta ; fiscal responsibility ; Fletcher Thompson ; George L. Smith ; Georgia State University ; Georgia World Congress Center ; government offices ; Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ; institutional growth ; Johnny Isakson ; Lester Maddox ; MARTA ; moderation ; nationalized politics ; partisan divide ; Pierre Howard ; polarization ; population growth ; public school teachers ; Richard Nixon ; salary cuts ; small government ; Speaker of the House ; state budget ; state resources ; state senate ; Watergate scandal 1339 Nationalized politics I think we spoke earlier about this in our interview- is there a Georgia Democrat anymore? Irvin and Barnes comment on the nationalization of party politics, to the point where the term " ; Georgia Democrat" ; no longer divides one ideologically from the national Democratic Party. They do note that while nationalization and polarization have most affected the candidates that parties recruit and nominate, the independent voters that elections rely on keep the parties from swaying too far from the political center. 1970 gubernatorial race ; Al Burruss ; candidate recruitment ; civility ; conservatism ; educated voters ; George McGovern ; Hubert Humphrey ; ideological purity ; Jimmy Carter ; majority party ; minority party ; moderation ; national Democrats ; party organization ; polling ; population growth ; primary election voters ; pro-business ; suburban areas ; young voters 1900 Republicans and race relations And then the other thing that attracted me, as I said, was Democrats were pretty harsh- rural Democrats particularly, and the urban Democrats hadn't changed that much- were pretty rough on race relations. Irvin and Barnes remark how civility and friendship between political opponents can lead to great legislative successes, citing cooperation between Lyndon B. Johnson and Everett Dirksen to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as the primary example. They then credit Jack Kemp, as well as the bipartisan movement to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for eliminating fringe racism from the conservative movement. anti-Catholicism ; anti-Semitism ; Bob Bell ; conservatism ; Jim Tysinger ; Johnny Isakson ; Mike Egan ; Paul Coverdell ; Ronald Reagan ; state flag ; William F. Buckley 2343 Georgia in the 1990s You've mentioned how times have changed and- how did the parties, the legislatures, the priorities, the challenges facing the state, how are they different in the 1990s, when you're both serving in the House of Representatives? Irvin and Barnes note that most of the changes to Georgia in the 1990s compared to the 1970s was due to the rise of suburban areas at the expense of rural Georgia's population and political influence. They explain that this continued change has led to more moderate and independent voters in Georgia, which along with the increased black voter turnout, has led to the two-party competition in recent Georgia politics. 1990 election ; 1994 elecion ; 2002 election ; 2002 gubernatorial race ; 2008 election ; agriculture ; Albany, Georgia ; Barack Obama ; coalition building ; Cobb County, Georgia ; depopulation ; George Busbee ; greenspace ; Gwinnett County, Georgia ; Irwin County, Georgia ; Joe Frank Harris ; Joe Mack Wilson ; John Oxendine ; Johnny Isakson ; Linda Schrenko ; Macon, Georgia ; mechanization ; Mike Bowers ; Mike Egan ; national Republican Party ; north Georgia ; party switching ; Paul Coverdell ; polarization ; rural areas ; south Georgia ; state flag ; state senate ; statewide elections ; suburban voters ; swing state ; transportation ; urban voters ; Valdosta, Georgia 3156 Georgia state budget You asked about the problems of the state in the '90s, and we talked some about the politics in the '90s. Irvin and Barnes discuss the Georgia budgeting process and how it limits excessive spending by the state legislature. Both men laud the system particularly in the area of deficit spending and debt, claiming that such a balanced-budget requirement should be placed on Congress as well. " ; rainy day fund" ; ; 1975 budget cuts ; balanced budget amendment ; Bill Clinton ; Council of State Governments ; fiscal responsibility ; Harvard Business School ; limited legislative session ; Massachusetts legislature ; prosperity ; revenue estimates ; small government ; state debt ; taxation ; Tom Murphy ; Zell Miller 3777 Influence of rural Georgia / Effective governance You talked previously about south Georgia and depopulation of the rural areas. Irvin and Barnes predict that redistricting after the 2020 census will drastically weaken the influence of rural Georgia, lamenting particularly the longevity and experience that rural legislators often brought to the General Assembly. Barnes then recounts his efforts as governor to make governance of Georgia more efficient and effective, such as uniform bookkeeping procedures and auditing the state depository board. 1980 redistricting ; balanced budget ; expertise ; hospitals ; Jim Martin ; legislature turnover ; lieutenant governor ; Medicaid ; north Georgia ; Office of Planning and Budget ; Paul Coverdell ; policy priorities ; preclearance ; Renay Blumenthal ; rural healthcare ; Speaker of the House ; state treasury ; United States Department of Justice ; Voting Rights Act of 1965 4300 Bipartisanship in politics What are the things- we've talked a lot about how politics have become more contentious, more heated. Irvin states that one policy area where both parties should easily cooperate is the creation of economic prosperity for its citizens, with Barnes adding that for modern Georgia, this means improving the Technical College System of Georgia. Barnes and Irvin agree that the lack of bipartisan agreement in modern politics stems from the lack of civility and friendship toward political opponents. " ; Democrat In Name Only" ; ; " ; Republican In Name Only" ; ; adversarial system ; Chuck Schumer ; George L. Smith ; leadership ; Mitch McConnell ; pandering ; Paul Coverdell ; respect ; special interests ; Tom Murphy ; worker training 4860 Transportation in metro Atlanta Well, linking those issues of the last two: demonization of the other and economic development. Barnes lists the issues plaguing the transportation debate, such as suburban opposition to MARTA, and the solutions he proposed as governor that he still supports. Irvin and Barnes conclude that although Cobb County and Gwinnett County may have once wanted complete separation from Atlanta, changing public sentiment makes public transit inevitable for these areas. " ; Northern Arc" ; ; busways ; Cobb County Chamber of Commerce ; Emmett Burton ; Fulton County, Georgia ; Georgia Department of Transportation ; Georgia Regional Transportation Authority ; Hewlett-Packard ; highway construction ; Joe Mack Wilson ; light rail transit ; Marietta, Georgia ; Newnan, Georgia ; Outer Perimeter ; Smyrna, Georgia ; traffic ; trucking 5283 Growth of Atlanta / Incorporation of cities We've talked about suburban growth, exurban growth out in Cherokee and Forsyth and Jackson County, Barrow County any more. Irvin and Barnes discuss the benefits and causes of the city of Atlanta's reversal of a multi-year trend by recently gaining population instead of losing population. Irvin and Barnes then debate the merits of incorporation of cities such as Johns Creek and Eagle's Landing in well-developed counties like Fulton County and Henry County. Arthur Blank ; Atlanta Braves ; Buckhead, Georgia ; compromise ; county government ; cultural attractions ; Fulton County commission ; generational change ; Home Depot ; House Black Caucus ; incorporation of Sandy Springs ; local governance ; Marietta, Georgia ; McDonough, Georgia ; Midtown Atlanta ; municipal services ; neighborhood association ; partisan issues ; quality of life ; Roswell, Georgia ; Sandy Springs, Georgia ; Smyrna, Georgia ; sporting attractions ; Stockridge, Georgia ; taxation ; Tom Murphy ; Turner Field ; urban development ; zoning No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. video 0 RBRL425TPGA-042.xml RBRL425TPGA-042.xml http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL425TPGA/findingaid
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Marietta, Georgia
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103 minutes
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Interview with Roy Barnes and Bob Irvin, February 28, 2018
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Bob Irvin
Ashton Ellett
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<span>Barnes and Irvin begin by talking about their early involvement in politics and why they chose to seek elected office. They then discuss their time in the legislature, the focus on national politics during that time, and the history of the Republican Party’s stance on racial issues. They then discuss governance in Georgia, including what makes a governor effective and the budgeting process. Irvin and Barnes comment on the diminishing power of rural Georgia in the state’s political process. They next talk about what issues may have bipartisan support in Georgia and how the parties may return to debating political issues civilly. They conclude the interview by discussing transportation issues in Georgia and their potential solutions.<br /><br />Bob Irvin grew up in rural North Fulton County in the 1960s and was elected as a Republican to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1972. He left the legislature to attend Harvard Business School. Irvin returned to Georgia politics and was reelected to the Georgia Assembly in 1994 where he served as House Minority Leader until 2002, when he left the House to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate. <br /><br />Roy Barnes grew up in rural Cobb County, Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s. He graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1972, after which he moved back to Cobb County to work as an assistant district attorney. In 1974, Barnes was elected to the Georgia Senate. In 1990, Barnes ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor of Georgia. From 1992 to 1998, Barnes served in the Georgia House of Representatives, and then ran for governor again, this time successfully. He served one term as governor from 1999-2003, during which time, he oversaw the push for changing the Confederate symbolism on the Georgia state flag.<br /><br /></span>
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2018-02-28
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Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project
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Political parties
Two-party systems
Georgia--History
Georgia--Politics and government
Politics and Public Policy
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The Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project documents how the Georgia Republican Party grew from a small grassroots party during an era of Democratic dominance into the state’s premiere political organization and governing party over the course of the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Interview participants represent current and former Republican and Democratic political figures who were active contributors or commenters on this transformation between 1952-2016, with a primary focus on the years post-1974.The collection documents the personal experiences and insights of the candidates, officeholders, activists, organizers, strategists, and analysts who participated in those key campaigns, intraparty conflicts, policy debates, and legislative battles. It also documents the accounts of the journalists and scholars who have chronicled these activities and achievements.<br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=4&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2017-ongoing
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Oral histories
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RBRL425TPGA
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Georgia
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136 minutes
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Atlanta, Georgia
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL425TPGA-083/video" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Interview with Bob Irvin, August 12, 2019
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Bob Irvin
Ashton Ellett
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2019-08-12
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Georgia
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oral histories
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State governments--Officials and employees
Apportionment (Election law)
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<span>Robert A. (Bob) Irvin was born on September 9, 1948 and grew up in North Fulton County. He attended Roswell High School and graduated from the Lovett School in Atlanta. Irvin earned a bachelor’s degree in government from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and a J.D. from the Emory University School of Law. Irvin, a Republican, won a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives representing Roswell, Alpharetta, and Sandy Springs in 1972. Between 1973 and 1978, Irvin was an attorney in the firm of Lipshutz, Macey, Zusmann, and Sikes in Atlanta. He declined to seek reelection in 1978. Irvin attended the Harvard Business School and earned an MBA in 1980. He returned to Atlanta and joined McKinsey & Company eventually becoming partner and head of the firm’s North American electricity practice. He won a special election to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1993. Irvin became House Minority Leader in 1994 and served in that position until 2000. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2002. Between 2003 and 2018, Irvin was managing director with Bridge Strategy Group/Houlihan Lokey. He is currently an independent consultant and writer. Irvin and his wife, Lynn, reside in Atlanta.</span><br /><br /><span>Irvin outlines his background, upbringing, and early interest in Republican politics dating back to the 1960s. He talks about his first stint in the Georgia House of Representatives during the 1970s, including assessments of Speaker George L. Smith II and Speaker Thomas B. Murphy. Irvin recalls the time Charles, Prince of Wales spoke to a session of the General Assembly in 1977. He speaks about returning to Georgia and Republican politics. Irvin discusses his second stint in the Georgia House of Representatives as well as policy and party-building initiatives he spearheaded as House Minority Leader between 1994 until 2000. He recalls his positions on issues important in the 1990s including crime, traffic, development, and welfare reform. The interview closes with Irvin’s thoughts on redistricting and how it might impact Georgia politics in the future.</span><span></span>
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