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ATLANTA (AP) -- Peter Hubbard claimed victory Tuesday over Keisha Waites in a runoff to settle the Democratic nominee for a post on the Georgia Public Service Commission.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Peter Hubbard took the lead over Keisha Waites in early returns Tuesday in a runoff to settle the Democratic nominee for a post on the Georgia Public Service Commission.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose a Democratic nominee for one of the posts on the Georgia Public Service Commission, which oversees utilities including Georgia Power Co.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $140 million Ponzi scheme publicly apologized on Friday as a federal judge ordered his assets frozen and appointed a receiver to try to recover cash for investors.
NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) -- A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Every time the door swings open this week at the county courthouse in the tiny south Georgia town of Statenville, six election workers have a moment to hope that someone is coming to vote.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Republican Burt Jones made his long-telegraphed entry into the 2026 governor's race on Tuesday, touting his ties with President Donald Trump and pledging to eliminate Georgia's state income tax in a campaign video.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Republican Burt Jones made his long-telegraphed entry into the 2026 governor's race on Tuesday, touting his ties with President Donald Trump and pledging to eliminate Georgia's state income tax in a campaign video.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Monday he raised another $1.25 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid from Feb. 1 to June 30.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The two leading Democrats running for Georgia governor in 2026 each say they have collected $1.1 million in early fundraising.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- When two South Korean companies announced a multibillion-dollar investment to build solar panel and electric battery factories in northwest Georgia, federal subsidies helped close a deal to diversify the local economy.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Miller County Election Supervisor Jerry Calhoun says he's not sure anyone will vote in an upcoming Democratic primary runoff.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Votes won't count for Democrat Daniel Blackman in the June 17 primary election for Georgia Public Service Commission after a judge ruled Tuesday that Blackman hadn't proved that he had lived in Fulton County for the required year before the general election in November.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's highest court on Tuesday overturned four rules passed by the State Election Board just before last year's general election, ruling the board overstepped its authority and intruded on lawmaking power reserved for legislators under the state constitution.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Republican Party says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger should not be able to run under the party's banner anymore, but the party's chairman says the attempt to kick out the state's chief election official is going nowhere.
DALTON, Ga. (AP) -- Steve Bannon took the stage Friday night at the Georgia Republican Convention to say it's too early to be talking about 2026.
DALTON, Ga. (AP) -- Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach, said Friday that he is considering a Republican run for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
ATLANTA (AP) -- John Kennedy, the top-ranking Republican in Georgia's state Senate, on Monday joined a growing field of GOP candidates seeking to become the state's next lieutenant governor in 2026.
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.