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POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Backed by Brian Kemp, Rick Jackson sticks to outsider message

At a weekend rally, the GOP nominee for governor leans hard into his anti-establishment pitch, even with Georgia’s top Republican for much of the last decade beside him.

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POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Mike Collins’ son-in-law sparks fresh outrage online

As the Republican U.S. Senate nominee tries to put the furor over his son-in-law's extremist posts behind him, David Alan Scheer II continues to stir online outrage.

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POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Why Jon Ossoff’s attack on Trump aide Natalie Harp keeps gaining traction

Google searches for Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump's executive assistant, have surged 5,000% since Ossoff mentioned her.

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In Democrats’ ‘civil war,’ voters prefer moderates over progressives

News outlets keep describing the Democratic Party rift between moderates and progressives as a "civil war," but Democrats need to recenter themselves around American values.

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Republicans reveal why Democrats’ affordability agenda is better for Georgia

Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Charlie Bailey makes the case that the party's affordability agenda will make Georgians' lives betters after 23 years of Republican rule.

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You know Rick Jackson’s adoption story. Keisha Lance Bottoms has four of her own.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson spent six years in Georgia foster care. His opponent, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, adopted all four of her children.

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