What Gov. Nathan Deal plans to do in a second term
If Georgians liked Gov. Nathan Deal’s first term in office, they’re probably going to love his second.
Deal saw his re-election last week as a sign that Georgians support his nothing-flashy brand of conservative politics that promises progress on a few major fronts, low state taxes, a helping hand to businesses and little in the way of bells and whistles.
In his second term, he’s thinking big and somewhat geeky. He hopes to update the state’s 30-year-old school funding formula that educators have long felt short-changed Georgia students. He wants to remake the state ethics commission, an agency that has for years been a political thorn in his side. And he plans to continue his much-lauded criminal justice reforms started in his first term.
Read more about the governor's second-term plans - outlined in an extensive interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - as well as the challenges ahead at our premium myajc.com website.
About the Author
Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
