Democratic candidate Roy Barnes said he opposes a mosque at the site.
"I believe the 9/11 site is hallowed ground and it is too painful and divisive to build a mosque there," Barnes said.
The Journal also asked Republican candidate Nathan Deal if he thought a mosque should be built near ground zero. Deal said Wednesday it wasn't his place to say.
"As governor, I don't want New Yorkers telling Georgians what to do with our land. I'll return the favor by staying out of their business," Deal said in an e-mail.
The proposed $100 million, 13-story mosque and Islamic center, which would be located two blocks from where the World Trade Center stood, has set off an uproar.
President Barack Obama has said Muslims have the right to build the mosque.
In the race for Georgia's junior senator, Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson of east Cobb sided with Barnes.
"I believe it is insensitive and inappropriate to build a mosque near the ground zero site," Isakson said.
Isakson's Democratic opponent, Michael Thurmond, did not respond to the question despite repeated phone calls and e-mails. Neither did U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-South Cobb), who is being challenged by Republican Mike Crane, a construction company owner.
Crane said the issue is about what is appropriate.
"Congress is legally permitted to vote itself a pay raise, but in our current economic situation, it would be wrong," Crane said. "In the same way, building a mosque near ground zero is not appropriate, decent or honorable. I believe the American people are ready to see their leaders take a stand and do the right thing, not because it is legal or permitted, but because it is the right thing."
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"Nathan Deal told The Associated Press on Thursday that as 'a potential governor of the state of Georgia' he didn't have a say in what happens in New York.
"I don't think government officials from one place should be telling government officials from someplace else what they ought to be doing," the Republican from Gainesville said.
"But as an American, I am absolutely opposed," Deal said. He called construction of the mosque two blocks from where The World Trade Center once stood "an insult."
"It keeps the wounds of 9-11 alive," Deal said.
Would either candidate publically support or refute the right for Muslims to build that same building in downtown Atlanta if it was approved by the various building commissions, but if a majority of Atlantans were against its construction?
Obama is in S. Georgia = I will stay away from him, since I have 'Georgia priorties'.
Mosque in NYC = I will not answer the question, since it is in NYC soil, not Georgia's.
They talk about Georgia, but what about the "American" concern. Is Georgia part of the United States, too? Or are we just interested in free enterprise, no matter what country it is.
Bunch of hypocrites.
Is this mosque "Too close to Georgia"?
Citizens of Georgia, please dont be tools of Roy Barnes and make any voting decision based on this kind of electioneering.......PLEASE.
I might have voted for Barnes, but since he's trying to manipulate the "dumb tool" vote, I'll now vote for the other candidate.
Also, I would advise right thinking Georgians to vote AGAINST Isaacson in the Senate Race.......Do Not Forget.....Isaacson voted FOR the BAILOUT.