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John King, a longtime Doraville police chief, was sworn in Friday by Gov. Brian Kemp, right, as Georgia’s insurance commissioner, a role he’d held on an interim basis while his predecessor faced federal fraud charges. (AJC file photo)
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Stacey Abrams speaks Saturday, July 17, 2021, at the celebration of life and dedication of the Jordan Family Life Center in Vernon Jordan's honor at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, where he was a lifelong member. The Atlanta native, who became a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, died March 1 at age 85. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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December 5, 2020 Valdosta - President Donald Trump speaks during Republican National Committee's Victory Rally at the Valdosta Flying Services in Valdosta on Saturday, December 5, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different
Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.
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201203-Atlanta- Jacki Pick points out what she considered suspicious activity on surveillance video of the Fulton County absentee vote counting room as she and Rudy Giuliani address a subcommittee of the state Senate judiciary committee at the State Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
False allegation of Georgia election fraud draws defamation lawsuit
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over any communications, if they exist, between the agency and dozens of his political and legal opponents. The move follows a lawsuit the Justice Department filed in June attempting to strike down Georgia’s new voting law, alleging it targeted Black voters. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
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Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight, shown speaking to the press outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta in November 2018, said that when the group's lawsuit goes to trial in February, it will provide an opportunity for “the voices of Georgia voters that were silenced by an unconstitutional and racially discriminatory system" to be heard. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different
Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.
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201203-Atlanta- Jacki Pick points out what she considered suspicious activity on surveillance video of the Fulton County absentee vote counting room as she and Rudy Giuliani address a subcommittee of the state Senate judiciary committee at the State Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
False allegation of Georgia election fraud draws defamation lawsuit
Democrat Stacey Abrams ended speculation about whether she will run for governor next year when she launched her campaign Wednesday. But that also set in motion new speculation about how Republicans will respond, how Abrams will run her campaign and how Georgia Democrats will approach the midterms. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over any communications, if they exist, between the agency and dozens of his political and legal opponents. The move follows a lawsuit the Justice Department filed in June attempting to strike down Georgia’s new voting law, alleging it targeted Black voters. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Georgia elections head sues feds over voting law records
Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight, shown speaking to the press outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta in November 2018, said that when the group's lawsuit goes to trial in February, it will provide an opportunity for “the voices of Georgia voters that were silenced by an unconstitutional and racially discriminatory system" to be heard. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia voting rights lawsuit planned to go to trial in February
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Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
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