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Lieutenant Governor candidate and Georgia Senate Pro-Tem Butch Miller speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
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Cathy Woolard, former Atlanta City Council president, ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2017. She was appointed on Wednesday to serve as chair of the Fulton County elections board. AJC file photo. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
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Report says state, local government payrolls have lagged recovery in Georgia
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. President Joe Biden speak briefly to reporters as they arrive at the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Democratic luncheon July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is on the Hill to discuss with Senate Democrats the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package they have reached overnight that would expand Medicare benefits, boost federal safety net programs and combat climate change. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a press conference in the District Attorney's office at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, Monday, August 30, 2021. The press conference took place following Robert Aaron Long's appearance in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
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Anti-abortion marchers and some abortion-rights supporters at the U.S. Supreme Court on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January 2005. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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Former Atlanta City Council President Cathy Woolard speaks to the media while attending the Mary Norwood election night party at the Park Tavern in the Atlanta mayoral runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
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09/29/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Fulton County Poll worker Dian Rodriguez-Harrison uses an electronic device to check a voter in at the polling site located at Fanplex in AtlantaÕs Summerhill community, Tuesday, September 29, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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MARTA plans light rail along the Atlanta Beltline, the Clifton Corridor and Campbellton Road. Transit expansion is just one of the transportation issues confronting Atlanta's next mayor. (AJC FILE PHOTO)
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Atlanta 07-22-2021 Portrait of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s City Hall Reporter Wilborn P. Nobles III (L) and Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter J.D. Capelouto (R). (Tyson Horne / tyson.horne@ajc.com)
The Race for City Hall: Will you get to see your next mayor’s tax returns?
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux (left) and Lucy McBath are both Democrats who won seats in metro Atlanta formerly held by Republicans. Their districts could face significant changes during the redistricting process.
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Strong tax collections indicate that Gov. Brian Kemp will be able to fulfill a 2018 campaign promise, just in time for his 2022 campaign for reelection, to raise state educators' pay by $5,000. Kemp got the educators the first $3,000 during his first legislative session as governor. But plans for the remaining $2,000 were put on hold when the General Assembly passed a budget that cut spending during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, fearing it would significantly damage the state's economy. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. President Joe Biden speak briefly to reporters as they arrive at the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Democratic luncheon July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is on the Hill to discuss with Senate Democrats the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package they have reached overnight that would expand Medicare benefits, boost federal safety net programs and combat climate change. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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