Politically Georgia
Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Polls suggest different trajectories for Georgia’s top races

It’s too early to read much into polls, particularly at a time when candidates are using the post-runoff stretch to prepare for the coming blitz.

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

DOJ warns states, threatens criminal action over noncitizen voting

The Trump administration warned election officials in Georgia, and every other state, they could face criminal prosecution if noncitizens cast ballots.

Election 2026 Maine Senate
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Ossoff, Warnock join push for Graham Platner to drop out of key Senate race

Georgia's two top Democrats joined the mounting calls for Graham Platner, the party's U.S. Senate nominee from Maine, to end his campaign after a woman accused him of rape.

Opinion and Voices

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LETTER TO EDITOR

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Define the values that unify America, and our brave ancestors built the bedrock of this nation, AJC readers write.

Elsie Hand, former mayor of Pelham
PATRICIA MURPHY

Born on the Fourth of July, ‘Miss Elsie’ Hand turns 100

Elsie Hand has been a mayor, bank vice president, country music promoter, and longtime political aide and booster. She turns 100 on July 4th as America celebrates its 250th.

In the 1970s, the YWCA offered dance classes for young girls, including this class in Harrisburg, Pa. (Courtesy of the YWCA)
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America at 250: Expand who is seen, who is heard and who has opportunity

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, citizens must reflect upon the past but also take action to amplify the stories of all Americans.

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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (at lectern) said Monday he hopes his provision to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will help “stop the spread” of private equity firms buying up single-family homes. He was joined at a news conference about the new law by (from left) Jacob Parcel and his son Dominic, Atlanta City Council member Andrea Boone and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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Lindsey Graham’s sudden death jolts Southern politics

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Number of immigrant kids in Georgia foster care growing amid ICE crackdown

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff-U.S. Rep. Mike Collins

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Election 2026 Georgia Runoff
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Raffensperger says audit bolsters case for touchscreen voting system

Postal Workers press conference

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Georgia Foster Care Service

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