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Voting machines for a runoff special election appear at the Buzz Ahrens Rec Center in Canton on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Republican Bill Fincher and Democrat Scott Sanders are competing to represent House District 23, which covers Canton and unincorporated parts of Cherokee County. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Crisis is brewing over how the state will conduct midterm elections

The Georgia Legislature adjourns without a plan to count votes after July. Here's what could happen next.

At state Capitol, affordability was the agenda. Now it’s the campaign battle.

DAVID PLAZAS

‘Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn’ still captures Atlanta’s spirit 30 years later

Burt Jones putting the squeeze on top GOP rival Rick Jackson

The wealth divide defining Georgia’s governor’s race

Republican candidates have far greater personal wealth than their Democratic counterparts in Georgia’s race for governor.

Voters to decide on 3 Georgia legislative seats in special runoffs

The top two vote-getters in each of the March 10 special elections will square off in runoff elections April 7.

Metro Atlanta leaders urge Kemp to veto bill to make some offices nonpartisan

Local officials urge Gov. Brian Kemp to veto a bill that would make most local races in five metro-Atlanta counties nonpartisan.

One in 10 residents in this North Georgia county has tested positive for COVID-19

Can Iran war politics move voters in Georgia’s Trumpiest district?

The runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene features two military veterans with sharp differences on the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes in Iran.

Officials outline agendas in annual Eggs & Issues breakfast

Ethics commission charges group over ads attacking Burt Jones

A group that has spent millions of dollars attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones faces formal charges of violating Georgia lobbying and campaign finance laws.

Voters to pick winner in Tuesday’s Cherokee County House runoff

Georgia Senate pushes paper ballots, setting up a clash with House

The Senate proposal would move Georgia to hand-marked paper ballots this year. A competing House proposal would delay the switch to 2028.

PATRICIA MURPHY

A billionaire walks into a Golden Corral: The Rick Jackson story

Voters at Jackson's stump speech connected with the wealthy health care executive. Some said they were reminded of Trump.

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

Fulton and the DOJ square off in court over seized 2020 ballots

In the hearing, lawyers for Fulton questioned an election technology and security expert about allegations in the FBI affidavit used to secure a search warrant for the raid.

Nicolas Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, is escorted off a helicopter en route to the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2026. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

GUEST COLUMN

Ossoff has a responsible view on Venezuela that critics are trying to tarnish

A Georgia state senator tried conflating right-wing talking points to criticize U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and his position on Venezuela policy.

FBI seized many 2020 election records, but agents didn’t take them all

DOJ RAID IN FULTON

Skeptics said 2020 election boxes were missing. They never asked Fulton.

Conservative activists insinuated Fulton County obstructed the FBI from accessing 2020 election records, but the county said it didn't.

Republican nominees lose fight to sit on Fulton election board

Fulton County commissioners can refuse to seat two Republican nominees on the county’s election board, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided Friday.

How Jones-Jackson clash has engulfed governor’s race — and Georgia politics

Health care executive Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones have upended the Republican race for governor with big spending to amplify their ferocious attacks.

BILL TORPY

The obnoxious GOP Sharia law ad and ensuing Democrat division

Sen. Greg Dolezal fiddled with AI to conjure up an ad with images of pushy, and armed, Muslims forcing their medieval ways on suburban USA.

House lawmakers want another two years to remove QR codes from ballots

Touchscreen voting likely to remain in place for Georgia midterms

A state House committee Tuesday agreed to a bill that would make the switch to paper ballots in 2028.

Georgia activists working with Trump administration to influence elections

After years of casting doubt about Georgia elections, conservative activists are gaining influence within the Trump administration.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Derrick Jackson and Michael Thurmond

In Georgia governor’s race, Democrats battle for second spot in likely runoff

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has a commanding lead in the polls, leading other Democratic candidates for Georgia governor battling one another for the runoff.