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Election Results

Georgia special election runoff July 13

This is a special election in Cobb County for State House District 34 and House District 156
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has made voting rights his top issue. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
As Warnock builds Senate record, Republicans plan their attack
11h ago
Gov. Brian Kemp is telling most state agencies to hold spending at current levels in the upcoming year, even though the state saw a record surplus during the fiscal year that just ended.
Even with record surplus, Kemp tells state agencies to hold the line
12h ago
Students wear masks as they make their way through the University of Georgia campus in Athens in September. Athens-Clarke County is likely to revive a partial mask mandate to stem the spread of the coronavirus before students return to classes at UGA on Aug. 18. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Athens poised to revive mask mandate as UGA students prepare to return
14h ago
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Fears of a crisis have mounted with the end of the eviction moratorium Saturday. Surveys show about 20% of Georgia's renters are behind on rent, but no one knows for sure how many will actually be forced out of their homes in coming weeks. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
The Jolt: Georgia Democrats push to extend ban on evictions
16h ago
A screenshot from Gary Black's U.S. Senate ad.
Gary Black gets tough on Herschel Walker in 2022 Senate bid
17h ago
Robert Aaron Long enters Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, Ga. on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Long, accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent at an Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to four of the murders and was handed four sentences of life without parole. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
OPINION: The politics of hate crimes in Georgia and the messages sent
18h ago
Gov. Brian Kemp is the first to take advantage of a new law Republicans pushed through the General Assembly that allows him and some legislative leaders to set up "leadership committees," funds that can collect unlimited contributions from donors and also take donations while the Legislature is in session. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Kemp the first to set up newly legal unlimited donation committee
Georgia House Speaker Pro-Tempore Jan Jones (R-Milton) makes remarks during a Special Committee on Election Integrity committee meeting at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on March 22, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Georgia GOP takeover bid of Fulton County’s election system advances
May 30, 2020 - Atlanta - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a 9pm curfew as protests continued for a second day. Protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody spread around the United States on Saturday, as his case renewed anger about others involving African Americans, police and race relations. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Jolt: Politics unmasked after new COVID restrictions: ‘NO WAY!’ says GOP
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May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
Some Fulton County voters waited hours to cast their ballots in the Georgia primary in June 9, one of the reasons Georgia Republican lawmakers have cited in seeking a performance review of the county's elections chief, Richard Barron. The review is the first step in a process that could lead to a state takeover of Fulton's elections. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
Capitol Recap: Georgia moves closer to takeover of Fulton elections
The former Piggly Wiggly in Talbotton, Ga. Credit: Patricia Murphy, AJC
OPINION: Small Georgia towns struggle as power shifts north to Atlanta
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the media before health care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Chatham County Health Department on Dec. 15, 2020 in Savannah, Ga. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)
Facing rising coronavirus cases, Kemp wants to stay the course
Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle remains underway but the company's parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company, on Thursday announced more delays, something it has done repeatedly this year alone, as well as nearly a half billion dollars in additional costs for its share of of the project. The project is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia Power discloses more Vogtle nuclear delays, big extra costs
FILE - In this June 22, 2021, file photo Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., joined at right by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks with reporters before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Jolt: Federal election bill still alive, with Warnock at center of talks
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde's description of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "no insurrection" continues to be criticized by Democrats. Screenshot via YouTube.
Opinion: Clyde faces more blowback over ‘tourist’ remark
Georgia National Guard plays big role in security for Biden inauguration
Georgia National Guard avoids ‘draconian’ cuts, Congress approves funding
Fulton County elections workers open and sort ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Jan. 5, 2021. (AJC file photo)
Georgia Republicans take first step to Fulton elections takeover
January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Voters lined up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. Georgia’s long moment in the national spotlight culminated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, when state voters cast their votes to determine which party would control the U.S. Senate. Georgia voters also voted to elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues. The two most expensive Senate races in history saw more than $833 million been spent by the four campaigns and outside groups supporting them, blanketing the airwaves and stuffing mailboxes across the state. Much of that money has come from organizations with no direct connection to Georgia. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Georgia seeks dismissal of DOJ suit against voting law
01/12/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Gov. Brian Kemp watches as Colonel Chris C. Wright, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, makes remarks about security around the Georgia State Capitol building during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Kemp uses emergency fund to boost spending on tackling Atlanta crime
Republican U.S. .Senate candidate Latham Saddler addresses a crowd in Nashville, Ga., as his son Bubba wanders the room. Saddler was relatively unknown when he launched his bid, but he has built a serious campaign and holds the fundraising edge among Republicans with $1.4 million.
While some Republicans wait on Walker, others take fight to Warnock
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