Georgia Politics
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Georgia’s Republican races for Governor and U.S. Senate will continue with runoff elections on June 16 after all major candidates failed to cross the 50% point threshold during yesterday’s primary elections. For Governor, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R-GA) took the lead with 38% of the vote. Billionaire outsider Rick Jackson fell behind with 33%, a […]
Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, won the Democratic primary for Georgia governor Tuesday, avoiding a runoff by according to the Associated Press. Lance Bottoms received almost 58% of the vote after weeks of questions over whether the other top candidates would gain enough votes to push her into a runoff. The closest candidates […]
Georgia Republicans face lots of uncertainty after the finalization of primary results for several statewide offices, four of which will advance to runoffs. While Democrats have more decisive candidates in the gubernatorial race, down ballot races are still unclear. Governor Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will advance to a June 16 runoff after […]
Attorney General Chris Carr announced that his Medicaid Fraud and Patient Protection Division recently secured indictments against five individuals accused of fraud committed with Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver programs. Altogether, the defendants are alleged to have stolen more than $41,000,000 from the Georgia Medicaid program, with indictments obtained in Athens-Clarke, Gwinnett, Houston, and Richmond […]
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) recently cosponsored Senate Bill 944 – known as the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act – to help communities address dangerous gaps in sidewalks, bike lanes, and other active transportation networks. The bipartisan bill, led by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), would allow states and localities to […]
A new InsiderAdvantage poll, which was completed May 16 and 17, shows Rick Jackson with a lead of 4 percentage points against Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. The two will officially face off against each other and several other candidates on May 19, although early voting started April 27. Given the close lead and several viable […]
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) recently signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency and suspending Georgia's gas tax for two weeks. This suspension will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on May 20 and run through June 3. The Governor explained his intention to prevent heightened costs from interfering with Memorial Day weekend. He […]
Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R-GA) made a stop in Coweta County last week to host a meet and greet with local supporters of his gubernatorial campaign as the early voting season came to a close. The event took place at a Line Creek Brewing location in downtown Newnan and featured local GOP leaders and State […]
The special session Governor Brian Kemp called last week to redraw the state's congressional districts will also address changes to the state's election system, which currently relies on QR code ballots. A state law passed in 2024 prohibits the use of QR codes on official ballots after July 1. Politicians and Georgians have been putting […]
Georgia Senate Committee Subpoenas Stacey Abrams in New Georgia Project Investigation The Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations issued subpoenas to Stacey Abrams, Lauren Groh-Wargo, and Nsé Ufot as part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into campaign finance law violations connected to the New Georgia Project and its affiliated entities. The subpoenas follow findings by the Georgia State Ethics […]
Georgia Supreme Court challenger Jen Jordan officially vowed to oppose Governor Brian Kemp’s (R-GA) call for Georgia to redraw its congressional districts as part of her nonpartisan campaign. Jordan revealed this intention as part of a campaign statement in which she emphasized the new importance of her election. According to Jordan, the outcome of redistricting […]
Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released a statement denouncing Governor Brian Kemp’s (R-GA) recent call for a special legislative session to redraw Georgia’s congressional districts. This decision from the Governor comes just weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Louisiana v. Callais, in which they ruled that two of Louisiana’s congressional districts were unconstitutional. Essentially, the […]
Republican senatorial candidate Derek Dooley made a stop in Coweta County yesterday as part of his ‘Georgia First’ tour ahead of the May 19th GOP primary. The event took place at the iconic Redneck Gourmet restaurant in downtown Newnan and featured Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) alongside First Lady Marty Kemp. Gov. Kemp was the first […]
The qualifying period for the July 28 special election to fill late Representative David Scott's congressional seat ended Wednesday, with his daughter being the first to file her paperwork to run. Rep. Scott (D), who died April 22, after serving Georgia's 13th congressional district since 2003, when the district was created. He was running for […]
Governor Brian Kemp called a special session for June 17 to redraw Georgia's congressional districts for the 2028 election cycle. Gov. Kemp made the call just a few weeks after the United States Supreme Court's ruling striking down a Louisiana district for relying too heavily on race. Although the ruling technically kept the section of […]
During National Police Week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a new digital ad highlighting President Trump and Senate Republicans' work to combat Senator Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) democratic policy. The ad begins by attributing the recent decline in violent crime to Republicans, but warns that Sen. Ossoff intends to reverse this trend. The voice-over […]
The Burt Jones for Georgia campaign today highlighted Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones’ (R-GA) record of fighting for faith, family, and freedom on the heels of public support from Frontline Policy Action Executive Director Cole Muzio. Lt. Gov. Jones has a strong record of leading the charge on virtually every major conservative policy priority Frontline Policy […]
Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 369 Tuesday, which makes elections for some local offices nonpartisan in five metro Atlanta counties starting in 2028. District attorney, county commission and tax commissioner elections will be impacted in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton Counties. All five counties voted solidly Democrat in the 2024 Presidential election, with […]
