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Gov. Kemp, Mayor Dickens enter together

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Nov 28, 2023

At 1:04 pm, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens walked in together and sat on the second row on the right of the pulpit.

Sen. Jon Ossoff followed two minutes later, grabbing a seat next to Sen. Rafael Warnock.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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