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Patricia Murphy: A Trump mandate - cheaper eggs or a free Matt Gaetz?
The only problem with winning an election by a large margin, as President-elect Donald Trump did last week, is listening to the message that voters were trying to send you.
Patricia Murphy: How Joe Rogan became the Walter Cronkite of 2024
The most consequential interview that President-elect Donald Trump did this year may not have been with a major network or news personality.
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Patricia Murphy: It’s still the economy, stupid
Why did Trump win? It's still the economy, stupid.
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Patricia Murphy: Raffensperger oversees Trump’s Georgia victory: ‘Just doing my job’
After four years of feuding with Donald Trump, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger oversees his Georgia victory. "I'm just doing my job."
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Patricia Murphy: ‘Women’s rights’ top issue for these Harris voters in Georgia
The 2024 election will be the first presidential contest since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and erased the national abortion rights it established.
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Patricia Murphy: Brad Raffensperger will be the man in the middle on Election Day, again
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he's ready if there's a repeat of 2020's contentious election aftermath during this year's presidential election.
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Patricia Murphy: The unfinished business of Jan. 6
Jan. 6 is the unfinished business of the 2020 election-- a referendum on the man who watched, and did not stop, the assault on democracy that he set in motion.
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Patricia Murphy: OK, America, who’s your daddy?
Two images of the future of America — of a strong man coming home to take charge or a young woman making her own decision — are driving a giant gender gap in the election.
Patricia Murphy: How the gender gap became the battle of the sexes in 2024
A traditional split between men and women in elections has exploded in 2024, as issues like abortion move to the forefront and Kamala Harris runs to be first woman president.
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Patricia Murphy: A day in the often difficult life of a Georgia election director
Deidre Holden, Paulding County's election director, has had to work through bomb threats, accusations and last-minute rule changes. But she's not giving up on democracy.