GEORGIA

Michael Ryan
Editorial Page Editor
Augusta Chronicle
Paul D. Grant
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Macon State College
Dr. Michael Binford
Associate Professor of Political Science
Georgia State University

TENNESSEE

Ryan Underwood
National Editor
The Tennessean (Nashville)
John Geer
Professor of Political Science
Vanderbilt University
Heather Larsen-Price
Assistant Professor, Political Science
University of Memphis

ALABAMA

David Lanoue
Chairman, Political Science Department
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Natalie Davis
Professor, Political Science
Birmingham-Southern College
Virginia Smith
State Editor
The Birmingham News
Katherine Lee
City Editor
Tuscaloosa News

OKLAHOMA

Susan Ellerbach
Managing Editor
Tulsa World
Ed Kelley
Editor
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)
Gary Copeland
Professor of Political Science
University of Oklahoma, Norman

ARKANSAS

Janine A. Parry
Associate Professor, Political Science and director of the annual Arkansas Poll
University of Arkansas
John Brummett
Political Columnist, Arkansas News Bureau
Author of “High Wire: From the Back Roads to the Beltway, the Education of Bill Clinton”

WEST VIRGINIA (Republican-only convention on Feb. 5)

Robert Rupp
Political Scientist
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Bob Benenson, Grigs Crawford, Greg Giroux, Lauren Phillips and Marc Rehmann contributed to this story.