The Glamour of a Campaign Trail

Georgia's 14th Congressional District is located in the Northwest portion of the state. I've been unable to locate information as to the physical size of the territory or the number of cities/towns in the district. Population estimates are in the 735,000 range.

Dr. Charles Lutin, a candidate for Representative of the district has a pretty good idea of how much ground the district covers, and how many towns there are. He's been driving its length and breadth on an almost daily basis for the past six months. It's not unusual for him to attend a morning activity in a town in the district's north, then to be in a southern town in the afternoon only to return to the north later that afternoon or evening. Very recently Maribel and I were with him in Ringgold, Dalton, Rossville, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga and probably a few other towns that I've forgotten. 

The man seems to be tireless. When I asked him how many days his schedule covers, he laughed and said, Days?.....four hours is more like it." He has volunteers throughout the district who are constantly alerting him to gatherings in their part of the district...activities anywhere from a ribbon-cutting ceremony to a farmers market. Anywhere there are a dozen or more people, he tries to be there. 

I asked him yesterday if he could provide to me a sort of a "day in the life" itinerary. I received his schedule for yesterday at 5:22 AM this morning. This is what he sent:

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On the Campaign trail in Northwest Georgia- A Day in the Life of Charles Lutin - May 17^th, 2022
 
4:30- Wakeup call
 
Exercise- maximal pushups (172) and maximal pullups (22)
Breakfast- granola and yogurt
 
4:45- Read news (Washington Post), work Sudoku puzzle
 
5:00- Read emails and respond
 
6:30- Write Newsletter post
 
7:15- Drive to YMCA
 
7:30-8:30 Exercise Class- 25 minutes of movements with hand weights, variety of squats, lunges, etc. then 25 min on exercise bike
 
8:45 Return home, shower
 
9:00- Telephone calls, check emails, send a couple of emails
 
9:30 – Drive to Downtown Rome, visit, meet and greet with a few Romans and visitors
 
10:00- Gov Brian Kemp campaign bus arrives, several local dignitaries and Gov Kemp speak
 
11:00- Check PO Box for contributions (none, boo!) then walk downtown for fifteen minutes and visit Sara Hightower Regional Library to read the local news
 
12:00- Walk to Episcopal Church, then to Ana’s Restaurant in Rome.  Lunch with Rev John Herring (Pastor) and Rev David Boyd (Assistant Pastor) from Rome St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
 
1:00 Fifteen-minute walk to car, then ten-minute drive home
 
1:30 Wash up, nap
 
1:45 Read emails, respond, phone calls
 
3:30 Leave for Rome Airport Commission Meeting at Thornton Rec Center, visit with Commissioners
 
4:00 Meeting commences

4:50 Airport Commission Meeting ends, drive to Chickamauga for Walker County GOP meeting
 
5:45 Arrive at GOP meeting, transfer yard signs to Tom Filipowicz, visit with the Walker County GOP members.  Dinner at the meeting—chili and cookies (It was GOOD!)
 
6:00 Meeting begins at Advancing Education Center in Chickamauga, John Gordon (candidate for GA Attorney) is first speaker.  Main campaign promise is to find and prosecute anyone responsible for stealing the election on 2020 away from rightful winner DJT.*
 
Second speaker is David Belle Isle, candidate for GA Secretary of State.  Main campaign promise is to eliminate election fraud, Dominion voting machines, and ballot drop boxes because of fraud he alleges occurred in 2020*
 
*(I cannot speak for Charles as we have not discussed in depth the issue of the “stolen election” but I know that he does not subscribe to that theory. Tom Filipowicz)
 
7:45 Left meeting in Chickamauga
 
9:00 Arrived in Rome, visited with neighbors Nancy and Myra, had a glass of wine
 
9:30 Lights out

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I don't know where he's at at the moment, but I'll guarantee that he's out and about somewhere, shaking hands and talking with people. Maribel and I will be out today putting up Lutin for Congress yard signs. We want this man representing us in Washington. We hope that there are lots of voters who agree.