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Rick Jackson sounds alarm over sluggish rural early voting

At a campaign stop Tuesday night in Calhoun, the Republican nominee for governor was surprisingly candid about his party's struggles.

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Interactive: What Georgia voters say about races for governor, US Senate

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Friday is the final day to request a mail ballot in Georgia

Jon Ossoff says he won’t run for president. Georgia Democrats have other ideas.

AJC poll: Georgia’s downballot races are deadlocked

Democrats have not won a statewide executive branch office since 2006. The AJC poll shows open seats for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state are tied.

Mail voting plummets in Georgia even as early voting turnout shatters records

Mail voting is plunging in Georgia even as early voting soars. Meanwhile, new polling shows nearly one in four Georgians lack confidence in the upcoming midterms.

Early voting surges in Georgia suburbs. Rural counties tell another story.

Democratic and Republican strongholds around Atlanta are posting big gains over 2022. But many rural counties are struggling to keep pace.

EXCLUSIVE

Keisha Lance Bottoms and her husband have a history of late tax payments

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and her husband, Derek, have faced hefty tax liens in the years since she assumed elected office in Atlanta.

AJC poll: Georgians want government to regulate AI; most oppose data centers.

The majority of Republicans and Democrats support regulation of artificial intelligence. The gap widens when it comes to data center construction and surveillance cameras.

Billionaire Democrats rush to Keisha Lance Bottoms’ aid in final stretch

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are sending $1 million each to Keisha Lance Bottoms' campaign for Georgia governor.

Inside the changing politics of the Black church

From Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist Church to Atlanta's rapidly growing 2819 Church, the Black church's political identity is changing. What's at stake?

AJC POLL

AJC poll: Jon Ossoff leads Mike Collins in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race

Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff leads among women, Black voters and younger Georgians, according to a new AJC poll of the state’s U.S. Senate race.

Tight race for Georgia attorney general becomes a debate over experience

Democrats are spending big, believing they have a chance to slip the open seat amid President Donald Trump's unpopularity. Republicans are pushing back.

AJC POLL

AJC poll: Bottoms, Jackson deadlocked in race for Georgia governor

A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows neither candidate has managed to break away in a contest for the state’s top job.

‘Shadow mayor:’ As Keisha Lance Bottoms rose to power, one adviser was close by

Alvin Kendall has been at the center of some of Atlanta's biggest real estate deals, from the Gulch to the sale of Turner Field. That work earned him millions.

A long-shot Democrat is gaining attention. His GOP rival may have bigger ambitions.

Tony Kozycki is challenging Republican Rich McCormick in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. But McCormick might be looking ahead to 2028.

Obama to headline Atlanta rally for Bottoms and Ossoff

Former President Barack Obama will headline an Oct. 28 rally in Atlanta for U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Georgians are the ultimate voting machines. Make a plan and go vote.

Every election matters. Every vote will matter. Now, the responsibility rests with Georgians to go out and vote.

At ‘No Kings’ rally in Atlanta, Black voters are urged to cast ballots early

Nearly 800,000 early voters have cast in-person ballots statewide since Tuesday, according to the state’s unofficial tracker.

Sparks fly in Fulton Commission contests during early voting across the metro

Competitive county commission races are featured across metro Atlanta in the Nov. 3 general election.