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ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms says her single term as Atlanta mayor gave her "battle-tested executive leadership" that she can offer to Georgia voters as she runs for governor.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Challengers on Thursday told a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers are still violating Black voters' rights after redrawing the state's congressional and legislative maps.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Monday became the second major Republican to enter the 2026 race to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen Jon Ossoff, saying "President Trump needs reinforcements and Georgia needs a new senator."
FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia's governor signed a law Thursday to exempt federal crop insurance and disaster payments following Hurricane Helene damage from Georgia state income taxes, but it could be months more before some federal money starts flowing to farmers in the hardest-hit states.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democratic Georgia state Sen. Josh McLaurin announced Monday that he's running for lieutenant governor in 2026, saying he would make opposition to President Donald Trump's policies a key part of his campaign.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- There's the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Charlie Bailey won election to chair Georgia's Democratic Party on Saturday, pledging he'll raise the money to help the party win elections in 2025 and 2026.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Saturday that President Donald Trump's unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state, saying the "chaos and uncertainty" is hurting the ability of businesses and individuals to makes decisions for the future.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Saturday that President Donald Trump's unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state, saying the "chaos and uncertainty" is crippling the ability of businesses and individuals to makes decisions for the future.
ATLANTa (AP) -- Georgia Democrat Jason Esteves announced on Monday that he's running for governor in 2026, entering a field that remains murky for his party after two top potential candidates backed away from a run.
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene came to a town hall in suburban Atlanta on Tuesday night to deliver a full-throated support of President Donald Trump, and she wasn't letting the protesters faze her -- not even the one who was wrestled to the ground by police and subdued with a Taser.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Boxed into what they saw as an unsavory vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday. They walked out.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath on Monday announced that she's suspending her exploratory bid for governor in 2026, casting uncertainty on the Democratic field.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia lawmakers are retreating from election proposals that could have allowed a Donald Trump-aligned state board to strike thousands of challenged voters from the rolls and would have required polling officials to count the number of ballots by hand.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Republican-dominated state Senate is going forward with an investigation of Stacey Abrams, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has made a target of the two-time Democratic nominee for Georgia governor.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Brian Kemp could tie New York's Kathy Hochul for the highest-paid state governor under a proposal made Thursday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A bill before a Georgia Senate committee Wednesday could allow a Donald Trump-aligned state board to strike thousands of challenged voters from the state's rolls and would require polling officials to count the number of ballots by hand.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff came home to Atlanta Saturday to rally core Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump's administration.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It turns out 2025 isn't the year for legalized sports betting in Georgia.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath filed paperwork on Wednesday to raise money for a run for governor in 2026, becoming the first Democrat to take that step.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia state Senate committee pursuing a thus-far fruitless investigation of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to add Stacey Abrams to its list of targets.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's state House has backed away from changes to the state's hate crimes law that could have removed protections for crimes against transgender people, even as it moves forward with efforts to put into law restrictions against sports participation for transgender students.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Senate voted 33-21 on Monday to pass a bill that would give legislators a veto over significant regulations imposed by the executive branch, a move that has hampered safety efforts and environmental protections in other states.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after taking the unprecedented step of announcing in November.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined two advocacy groups that were founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before voters elected him to the U.S. Senate.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Senate Republicans recommended on Friday that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college sports, setting the stage for action in the 2025 legislative session.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Republican attorney general, Chris Carr, said Thursday that he's running for governor in 2026, becoming the first major candidate from either party to announce a bid.
ATLANTA (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in his new administration.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrats toppled two Republican incumbents in the Georgia state House, but won't narrow the Republican majority as much as they once hoped.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Longtime incumbent Democrat Sanford Bishop won a 17th term in Congress Tuesday, defeating Republican Wayne Johnson in southwest Georgia's 2nd Congressional District.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Longtime incumbent Democrat Sanford Bishop won a 17th term in Congress Tuesday, defeating Republican Wayne Johnson in southwest Georgia's 2nd Congressional District.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former Donald Trump aide Brian Jack won election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday, leaving no distance between himself and Trump in winning his first term.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A one-time aide to former President Donald Trump will likely win election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday, while a longtime representative will likely clinch his 17th term in the U.S. House against a former Trump administration official.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (AP) -- The general in one of Georgia's house-to-house partisan struggles was rallying her troops on Saturday morning in a suburban Atlanta coffee shop.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican legislative leaders want to issue another round of income tax rebates, thanks to state financial reserves that continue to rise.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Leaving no daylight between himself and Donald Trump made Brian Jack the Republican nominee for Georgia's 3rd Congressional District, and the former political director in Trump's White House isn't changing approach as he faces Democratic underdog Maura Keller.
ATLANTA (AP) -- For Georgians unhappy about rising property tax bills, lawmakers say they have a solution -- a limit on how much of a home's increasing value can be taxed.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based conservative website that falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing earlier this week.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge said Thursday that she won't order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections despite recent disruptions to registration caused by Hurricane Helene.
ATLANTA (AP) -- At least for now, a federal judge won't order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The regents who govern Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges voted on Tuesday to ask the NCAA and another college athletic federation to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Three voting rights groups are asking a federal judge to order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections due to Hurricane Helene.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren't qualified to be on Georgia's ballots and votes for them should not count, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A new lawsuit seeks to overturn two provisions of a Georgia election law related to voter challenges.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism during a Tuesday hearing that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count, possibly setting the stage for disqualifying them from the battleground state's ballots.
ATLANTA (AP) -- In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now after the Georgia Supreme Court paused orders disqualifying them.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified from running for president in Georgia, two state court judges ruled Wednesday, saying that their electors didn't file the proper paperwork.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia state court judge on Wednesday disqualified independent presidential candidate Cornel West from running for president in the state, ruling that West's electors didn't file the proper paperwork.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia voters are likely to be able to choose from six candidates for president after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday put Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz back on the ballot and ruled that the Green Party's Jill Stein had qualified by another route.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia voters are likely to be able to choose from five candidates for president after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday put Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz back on the ballot.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia Senate committee kicked off a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports, hearing testimony on Tuesday from five former college swimmers who are suing the NCAA and Georgia Tech over a transgender woman's participation in the 2022 NCAA women's swimming championships.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that four independent and third-party candidates are ineligible to appear on Georgia's presidential ballot, although the final decision will be up to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
ATLANTA (AP) -- An election board in one of Georgia's largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia's presidential ballot on Tuesday. But legal challenges still loom.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state's largest county for its handling of the vote.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's State Election Board voted Tuesday to require county election officials to make a "reasonable inquiry" before certifying election results to the state, signaling that fights about approving election results could intensify this November in the South's premier battleground state.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Democrats are suing to overturn the ability of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise unlimited political contributions and spend them on behalf of any political cause.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two groups on Wednesday sued to overturn a law extending the elected terms of Georgia's public service commissioners, saying it violates the state constitution for the five Republicans to be allowed to serve terms longer than six years.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia on Monday imposed new restrictions on the sale of hemp products, required some basic standards for rented residences, cut income taxes and required cash bail for dozens of new crimes.