On November 2, the Georgia Secretary of State announced that these candidates will be on each major party’s presidential primary:

Democratic: Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama, Richardson (8 names)

Republican: Giuliani, Huckabee, Hunter, Keyes, McCain, Paul, Romney, Tancredo, Thompson (9 names).

Georgia and Florida are the only two states in which the list of presidential primaries is determined by 3 party officers. The leader of each major party in the State Senate, the leader of each major party in the State House, and the State Party Chair, form a committee and decide which candidates to list. In the past, this system has withstood court challenge from David Duke in both states. Georgia and Florida are the only states in which Lyndon LaRouche was never able to get on a Democratic presidential primary, back in the period starting in 1980 when he always ran in Democratic presidential primaries.