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Romman’s exit leaves few women running for Georgia’s top offices

Georgia voters have never elected a woman to be governor, lieutenant governor or U.S. senator.

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Politically Georgia: Trump’s State of the Union address

The Politically Georgia team discusses President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and gets an update from AJC bureau chief Adam Van Brimmer.

Jones and Jackson
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Rick Jackson, Burt Jones trade attacks as GOP race for governor intensifies

The two Republican candidates are behaving as if they are the only ones in the race as they pummel one another with negative ads.

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Rodney Mims Cook skyline
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Atlantan Rodney Mims Cook is Trump’s man for remaking the White House

The changes to the White House and the nation’s capital may be just getting started.

Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, at his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
OPINION

A clash over the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Secretary Doug Collins, the former Georgia congressman, wasted no time going on the attack when faced with criticism over a new VA disability rule.

In this photo from 2024, Robert Wilson (left) and his wife, Beate Stagnet, launched their kayaks from Azalea Park, one of Roswell's riverfront parks that are part of the RiverLands. (John Spink/AJC 2024)
OPINION

Even Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich agreed on protecting the Chattahoochee

Investing in public lands is a goal Democrats and Republicans can agree upon, including Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich, and metro Atlanta is better off for it.

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Romman’s exit leaves few women running for Georgia’s top offices

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Rodney Mims Cook skyline
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Atlantan Rodney Mims Cook is Trump’s man for remaking the White House

State Rep. Ruwa Romman, D-Duluth — pictured in this file photo from October — is ending her campaign for governor. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Democratic lawmaker quits race for Georgia governor

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Former federal prosecutors denounce FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots

Donald Trump
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Politically Georgia: Trump’s State of the Union address

Jones and Jackson
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Rick Jackson, Burt Jones trade attacks as GOP race for governor intensifies

Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, at his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
OPINION

A clash over the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs

In this photo from 2024, Robert Wilson (left) and his wife, Beate Stagnet, launched their kayaks from Azalea Park, one of Roswell's riverfront parks that are part of the RiverLands. (John Spink/AJC 2024)
OPINION

Even Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich agreed on protecting the Chattahoochee

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
OPINION

Why are Republicans lying about Gavin Newsom when the truth should be enough?