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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about voting rights Friday at the Justice Department in Washington. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

U.S. attorney general pledges scrutiny of new state voting laws

Fulton County elections workers sort and count absentee ballots in November during the county's second recount of Election Day ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

More ballot reviews pending in Georgia, sowing doubts in elections

Incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms' May 7 announcement that she wouldn't seek a second term as Atlanta mayor opened the field for candidates looking to succeed her in the city's top office. Here's a look at who's running. Photo: John Spink / AJC

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Rev. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Kelly Loeffler in Georgia

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A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of registered voters shows about 51% of respondents either strongly approve or somewhat approve of President Joe Biden's job performance. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

AJC Poll: Georgians narrowly back Biden, but state remains polarized on many issues

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congresswoman for the 14th District in Georgia, speaks during the Murray County town hall meeting at The Cloer Barn on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Chatsworth, Ga. Greene and a Los Angeles-based political action committee have reached a settlement that bars the Georgia Republican from blocking anyone from her public Twitter account or other social media while she's in office. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

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Fulton County elections workers sort and count absentee ballots in November during the county's second recount of Election Day ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

More ballot reviews pending in Georgia, sowing doubts in elections

Demonstrators hold protest signs during a rally Tuesday at the Georgia Capitol calling on Congress to pass legislation that would require the Justice Department to approve changes to state voting laws, as it did before the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Church leaders protest Georgia voting law and seek federal oversight

Convention-goers cheer and boo as Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at the Georgia GOP convention at Jekyll Island on Saturday, June 5, 2021. (Photo: Nathan Posner for The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution)

At GOP meeting, Georgia Republicans look backward to 2020

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, right, talks with Pete Chagnon of New Life FM radio at the Georgia Grown Farmers Showcase which features agricultural products from all corners of Georgia coming together under one shed for one day on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the Atlanta State Farmers Market. David Tulis / AJC Special

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Republican Gary Black enters Senate race against Raphael Warnock

May 18, 2021 Atlanta - Governor Brian Kemp speaks at his campaign office in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

OPINION: One election, two sets of rules with new campaign finance law

The election losses of then-U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, and then-President Donald Trump get little mention in the Georgia GOP's "After Action Report." The autopsy of the 2020 campaign tends to focus on things the party sees as positives about its performance.

Capitol Recap: Georgia Republican campaign autopsy focuses little on losses

05/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, center, receives a tour of an underground tunnel for the expansion of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport plane train tunnel at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Buttigieg visits Georgia to tout Biden’s scaled-back infrastructure plan

Former Mayor Kasim Reed (left) and press secretary, Jenna Garland, in 2015. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

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The Jolt: Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed continues to hint at a comeback

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference in Atlanta. Georgia’s State Election Board met Wednesday, April 28, 2021, for the first time without Raffensperger as chair after lawmakers removed him from the role in a new election law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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The Jolt: Brad Raffensperger: ‘Yes, I’m running again’

Gov. Brian Kemp said he will campaign for reelection based on his record of aggressively reopening the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, his approval of an anti-abortion law, his support for tax cuts and being a “true conservative that hasn’t wavered.” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Brian Kemp aims to flip the script on Democrats with 2022 reelection strategy

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp talks with the media about Georgia’s four mass COVID-19 vaccination sites Monday at the State Operations Center, GEMA, February 22, 2021 STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Brian Kemp is gearing up his 2022 campaign for a second term

11/06/2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Republican Chairman David Shafer (left) and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel (second from left) prepare to make remarks during a GOP elections briefing at the Georgia Republican headquarters in Atlanta’s Buckhead community, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

The Georgia GOP tries to rewrite the 2020 election history

Transparency for recurring donations became an issue during then-U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s unsuccessful January runoff campaign and likely resulted in her issuing millions of dollars in refunds to donors. During that time, Loeffler, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and former President Donald Trump all sent fundraising appeals that included pre-checked boxes for contributions to repeat on a weekly basis. Until recently, Loeffler's new group, Greater Georgia, also included pre-checked boxes for recurring contributions, this time on a monthly basis. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

After facing heat over automatic recurring donations, Loeffler group makes a change

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2022, instead focusing on an effort to recast the Republican Party. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Trump critic, will not run for a second term in 2022

Georgia Republican Chairman David Shafer speaks with members of the media at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, December 14, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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The Jolt: GOP’s internal post-defeat report: What defeat?

Newcomers to Georgia Republican meetings raise their hands during the 1st District GOP convention on May 15, 2021.

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A surge of newcomers pack Georgia GOP meetings across state

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