Campaign For Lieutenant Governor
In late 2008, Shafer filed paperwork with the Georgia State Ethics Commission authorizing formation of a campaign committee to run for Lieutenant Governor. In early 2009, Shafer announced endorsements from a majority of the Republican members of the Georgia General Assembly and decisively defeated Senator Eric Johnson, who had also announced as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, in straw polls held at county Republican conventions.
On April 15, 2009, after Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle announced that a debilitating spinal disease was forcing him to withdraw from the race for Governor and instead seek re-election as Lieutenant Governor, Shafer released a statement wishing Cagle well and suspending his own campaign in order to "reevaluate political options." Shafer defeated Cagle and Johnson in a straw poll held at the Seventh Congressional District Republican Convention on April 18, 2009 and at the State Convention of the Georgia Association of College Republicans held the same day. Shortly thereafter, Shafer announced that he was permanently ending his campaign, subject to Cagle's full medical recovery, and that he would instead seek re-election to the State Senate.
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