Sleepy House Race to keep an eye on down in SE Georgia: House District 180

In Camden County, the race for HD 180 is between Adell James & Jason Spencer, who defeated Cecily Hill in a runoff on Aug 10 for the right to represent the coastal County located dowm in the extreme SE Georgia Corner.

The campaigns could not be any different:

Spender, a Tea Party Candidate who started two coastal Georgia Tea Party Movements is running on Tort Reform, Healthcare, Term Limits. Spencer says his decision to run for the Ga State Representatives is the recent government takeover of Healthcare. If that's the reason, he should have run for congress. (Being a state rep cannot affect the outcome of Healthcare.) Here's something interesting he said: Our government at the federal, state, & local level have been taken over by one party and that's the party of Big Government. (Well the state is being run by the GOP, which has driven this state to a path that it maynot be able to come back from, the federal Gov't is run by Dems who have impelmented Big Government initiatives & as for local, GIVE ME A BREAK).

Bascially Spencer will be running on national issues instead on local, state issues that are afefcting HD 180.

Then there's James, who is running on Housing, Education Reform, Healthcare Reform & Jobs. Adell has been employed with the Camden County Board of Education for the past thirty five years. She spent nineteen yrs as an elementary and middles school teacher. Her leadership roles have been: Assistant Principal, Principal, and Alternative School Director. She will retire on June 30, 2010 as Director of Recruiting. Other accomplishments include: Camden Board of Directors, Governor’s Leadership Academy, Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL), Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals, Georgia Association of Education (GAE), National Association of Education (NAE), Albany State University Alumni, Ralph Johnson Bunche High/Camden County Training School Alumni, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority (ADK), National Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Teacher of the Year (Mary Lee Clark Middle School), 1987, Georgia Association of Alternative Education.

The differences in this race are stark: a Tea Party, Constitutionalist republican candidate Jason Spencer, & a moderate, community consciousness democrat in Adell James.

Candidate Spotlight: Adell James (HD 180)

Way down in Camden County, Adell James (D-Kingsland) will take on the winner of the GOP primary in November, which includes Cecily Hill, (Incumbent), Jason Spencer & Rindy Howell.

James is a native of Camden County, Georgia. She and her husband Linward James, Sr, a U.S. Army Veteran have three sons: Linward Jr, Laquint and Lionel. Adell also raised foster daughter, Thamechia Bob. She has three grandchildren: Jaden, Deshaun and Jada.



James attended Camden County Schools, she graduated from Ralph Johnson Bunche High School in 1968. In 1973, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albany State University in Sociology with a Psychology minor. She also received a Masters of Education degree from Florida A& M University in 1979. In 1991, Adell earned an Educational Specialist degree in Supervision and Administration from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


Adell has been employed with the Camden County Board of Education for the past thirty five years. She spent nineteen yrs as an elementary and middles school teacher. Her leadership roles have been: Assistant Principal, Principal, and Alternative School Director. She will retire on June 30, 2010 as Director of Recruiting.



In her crusade to help the community’s children, Adell founded A+ Tutoring Service in Kingsland where she is the Director/Owner.

Adell has received many awards for her community service. Awards include the NAACP Emeritus Award, Parent of the Month Award, Outstanding and Dedicated Service Award as President of the RJB/CCTS Alumni Association.



Adell’s professional affiliations and recognitions

• Camden Board of Directors

• Governor’s Leadership Academy

• Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL)

• Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals

• Georgia Association of Education (GAE)

• National Association of Education (NAE)

• Albany State University Alumni

• Ralph Johnson Bunche High/Camden County Training School Alumni

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA)

• Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority (ADK)

• National Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Teacher of the Year (Mary Lee Clark Middle School), 1987

• Georgia Association of Alternative Education


Some of her core issues include: Education Reform, Housing & a Increase in Jobs