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Mike Collins gets multimillion-dollar boost from GOP group

One Nation, a GOP-aligned group, said Thursday it plans to spend $15 million in Georgia targeting Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff.

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GOP-heavy panel to shape Georgia’s next voting system

The panel's recommendation is due by next January — presumably to give whoever is elected secretary of state time to prepare for a rollout during the 2028 election cycle.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson at his election night watch party for the 2026 Georgia primary elections
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Rick Jackson’s $87M ad buy targets Keisha Lance Bottoms’ mayoral record

The Republican billionaire has pledged to remind voters of spikes in crime during Bottoms' tenure as Atlanta mayor.

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Owners of Toast on Lenox didn’t need permission to talk to Rick Jackson

Atlanta entrepreneurs like the owners of Toast on Lenox should not have to explain themselves or apologize for serving Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson.

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Rick Jackson gets emotional. It might make him the next governor of Georgia.

Rick Jackson, the billionaire GOP nominee for Georgia govenor, gets emotional, whether he’s talking about his traumatic childhood or running to be ‘a voice for the voiceless.’

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PATRICIA MURPHY

Rick Jackson is rebuilding the ‘Kemp machine,’ and supercharging it

The Republican nominee for governor is trying to surpass the vaunted voter turnout machine Gov. Brian Kemp used to power his statewide victories.

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