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Pence to headline Georgia rally for Kemp, furthering former VP’s break with Trump
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Atlanta to bid to host 2024 Democratic National Convention
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The Jolt: Meet the biggest self-funders on the Georgia campaign trail
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Once a fringe idea, many Georgia Republicans now push for total abortion ban
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National PAC takes aim at two metro Atlanta school board races21h ago
Judge: Perdue’s election fraud claims are ‘conjecture and paranoia’
Election 2022: Complete guide to Georgia’s attorney general race
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Georgia seeks dismissal of Fair Fight voting rights case
Politically Georgia podcast: A MAGA war of words heats up the May 24 primary
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Three Georgia students make presidential scholars list
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Hyundai Motor expected to formally announce Georgia EV plant next week
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Georgia to invest nearly $1.5 million to teach teachers about dyslexia
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State invalidates Georgia Senate candidate’s Republican primary run
Forsyth elections officials reject sweeping voter challenge
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickson and U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams speak at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s annual fundraising gala. Erik Voss, DPG

Atlanta to bid to host 2024 Democratic National Convention
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Georgia to invest nearly $1.5 million to teach teachers about dyslexia
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Election 2022: Complete guide to Georgia’s attorney general race
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The Jolt: Meet the biggest self-funders on the Georgia campaign trail
17h ago
Many prominent Republican candidates in Georgia have responded to news indicating that Roe v. Wade will be overturned by calling for an absolute ban on abortion in the state. But many anti-abortion activists are not ready to go that far, saying they support the state's 2019 law that would ban abortions once fetal cardiac activity has been detected. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Once a fringe idea, many Georgia Republicans now push for total abortion ban
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Three Georgia students make presidential scholars list
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Politically Georgia podcast: A MAGA war of words heats up the May 24 primary
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Pence to headline Georgia rally for Kemp, furthering former VP’s break with Trump
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January 27, 2021 Elberton - Aerial photography shows Elberton Square in downtown Elberton on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Georgia has not opened COVID-19 vaccination to teachers yet, but a small school district east of Athens still managed to offer shots to any employee who wanted them. Elbert County Superintendent Jon Jarvis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sees his teachers, bus drivers and other employees as ÒessentialÓ personnel who should be prioritized for vaccination. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston (left) and Gov. Brian Kemp have put aside their past differences to form a tighter bond. On Thursday, their closer relationship was on full display when Ralston endorsed Kemp's reelection. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Ignoring Trump, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston endorses Gov. Brian Kemp
Gov. Brian Kemp shakes the hand of Charles Jay, owner of White Diamond Grill, before signing a $1 billion tax cut bill in Bonaire, Ga., on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Arvin Temkar /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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OPINION: It’s good to be governor when you’re running for governor.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to the media while campaigning in Rome on Monday, May 2, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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OPINION: My (almost) perfectly normal day with Marjorie Taylor Greene
Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan rails against a bill that would outlaw most abortions in Georgia. Photo by Bob Andres

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The Georgia Department of Education announced on Friday, May 13, 2022 that it will release $1.5 million in grants to teacher teachers about dyslexia. In 2019, Jennifer Henderson, lead literacy center teacher, was working on a word “stretching” activity at Charles R. Drew Charter School. The activity helps students break words into sounds. BOB ANDRES/BANDRES@AJC.COM

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Ty Hubert of Creekview High School (left, back row) is among the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Here he is pictured with Cherokee Superintendent Brian Hightower and fellow school board student delegates for 2021-2022. (AJC file photo)

Three Georgia students make presidential scholars list
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Critical race theory is among the topics politicizing education as Georgia voters select school board candidates during the May primary elections. People who couldn’t get into an overflowing Cherokee County school board meeting on May 20, 2021, chanted “No CRT!” (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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National PAC takes aim at two metro Atlanta school board races
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An administrative court judge ruled Thursday that former state Rep. Jeff Lewis was not eligible to run for a state Senate seat. On Friday, the secretary of state's office disqualified him as a candidate. Courtesy photo.

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State invalidates Georgia Senate candidate’s Republican primary run
Josh Belinfante, an attorney for for the state, moved Thursday to throw out a federal voting rights case challenging Georgia’s “exact match” voter registration policy and absentee ballot cancellation practices. Belinfante is pictured during arguments in a 2019 case before the Georgia Supreme Court. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Georgia seeks dismissal of Fair Fight voting rights case
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $30.2 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget includes $2,000 raises for educators, fulfilling Kemp's 2018 campaign promise to boost their pay by $5,000 over the course of his first term. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/TNS)

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Kemp signs upcoming year’s budget with teacher pay raises
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, an attorney for Fair Fight Action, speaks outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, GA., on Monday, April 11, the first day of the Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger trial. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs rested their case. (Photo/Jenn Finch)

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Judge in Georgia voting rights trial is asked to change ‘exact match’
Early voting is underway in Georgia in advance of the May 24 primary.

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Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County
Gov. Brian Kemp signs a $1 billion tax cut bill in Bonaire on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Two Republicans and two Democrats are running in primaries for attorney general. From left, Republicans Chris Carr and John Gordon; Democrats Jen Jordan and Christian Wise Smith. Submitted photos.

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Election 2022: Complete guide to Georgia’s attorney general race
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Early voting has already begun for Georgia's May 24 primary

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Forsyth elections officials reject sweeping voter challenge
A Fulton County judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, who sought to inspect ballots from the November 2020 election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Judge: Perdue’s election fraud claims are ‘conjecture and paranoia’
Josh Belinfante, an attorney for for the state, moved Thursday to throw out a federal voting rights case challenging Georgia’s “exact match” voter registration policy and absentee ballot cancellation practices. Belinfante is pictured during arguments in a 2019 case before the Georgia Supreme Court. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Georgia seeks dismissal of Fair Fight voting rights case
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue talks to his supporters at a campaign event earlier this month at Sell's Mill Park in Hoschton. Perdue, trying to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary, has been trailing by double digits in polls while also lagging well behind in fundraising. His campaign, however, is looking for reasons to be optimistic as it analyzes data from the turnout during early voting. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Perdue’s last gasp? Trailing Kemp, his campaign runs short of time
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, an attorney for Fair Fight Action, speaks outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, GA., on Monday, April 11, the first day of the Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger trial. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs rested their case. (Photo/Jenn Finch)

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Judge in Georgia voting rights trial is asked to change ‘exact match’
Early voting is underway in Georgia in advance of the May 24 primary.

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Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County
Republican candidates running for Georgia secretary of state participated Monday in the Atlanta Press Club debate at Georgia Public Broadcasting. From left: David Belle Isle, Jody Hice, T.J. Hudson and Brad Raffensperger.

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Election 2022: Complete guide to Georgia’s Secretary of State race
Jamie Dupree columns
U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Rome have been leaders in what could be called the creation of an anti-war wing of the nation's Republican Party, partly through their opposition to expanding aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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Opinion: GOP cry of ‘America first’ returns over aid to Ukraine
050322 Atlanta: Dozens of protesters march from Centennial Olympic Park to the Georgia Capitol during a rally to defend the right to abortion on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Opinion: Abortion suddenly takes center stage in 2022
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., takes a selfie with President Donald Trump during the seventh inning of Game 5 of the baseball World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Opinion: Trump’s influence to be tested in coming weeks
Some passengers wear masks, others don't at Hartsfield-Jackson on April 19, 2022, after a federal judge reversed the federal mask mandate. John Spink / AJC

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Opinion: Americans hit the road – masks or no masks
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