While Georgia blogging often focuses on Atlanta, this is important news in the Other Georgia: Reichert wins big, avoids Democratic runoff for mayor.

Travis Fain, blogging at Lucid Idiocy (Politics), writes in The Macon Telegraph:

Robert Reichert blew away the competition Tuesday, winning Macon's Democratic mayoral primary without a runoff. He won every precinct and took 63 percent of the vote.

Reichert still faces a November challenge from Republican upstart David Cousino, but the sheer mountain of victory he put up Tuesday and the city's decidedly Democratic majority give Reichert a huge boost heading into the general election.