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Immigrant voters helped make Georgia history. Now they expect results.

Immigrant citizens in Georgia voted for their public safety, their family's well-being and their economic and education futures.

PATRICIA MURPHY

How Black churches helped turn Jon Ossoff’s win into a rout

Fulton County Commission gets makeover in 2026 election

Tanya Miller rose from working-class childhood to Georgia’s attorney general

A Southern shake-up puts 3 Georgians in the 2028 presidential spotlight

Georgia’s Democratic sweep has upended political calculations for 2028, potentially opening options for Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

Georgia’s incoming lieutenant governor faces Senate power struggle

Democratic Lt. Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin promises ‘bipartisan cooperation,’ but GOP lawmakers could still move to limit his powers.

The unlikely upsets that turned Georgia’s House blue

Battleground districts in metro Atlanta got all of the attention. But Democrats scored several wins in places that were hardly on anyone's radar.

SHELLEY WYNTER

Georgia Republicans don’t need a rebrand. They need a reckoning.

Voters sent Georgia Republicans a powerful message in the 2026 midterm elections that they are not listening and need a renewal.

Georgia Republicans lost power in a rout. Now what?

Republicans lost every statewide election last week. Plotting their return to power will be tricky.

Georgia Democrats take a victory lap from the pulpit of MLK’s church

Democrats reveled in their historic sweep at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday, with Bottoms thanking supporters and Warnock warning that their fight isn't done.

Missing memory card could flip Georgia House race, narrow Democratic edge

After a missing memory card in Seminole County was counted, a Republican incumbent went from trailing by 58 votes to leading by 262.

Democrats sweep Georgia statewide offices

Georgia Democrats won control of Georgia’s top elected state offices Tuesday, ending a generation of Republican control....

Keisha Lance Bottoms eyes repealing Georgia’s abortion restrictions

The governor-elect signaled Democratic leadership will work to roll back the state’s restrictions.

Bottoms calls on Georgia power players to help build new administration

Arthur Blank, Rosalind Brewer, Tyler Perry, Jason Carter, Michelle Nunn, Richard Cox and Vicki Palmer join country's first Black female governor's transition team.

Keisha Lance Bottoms’ priorities may be limited by new budget realities

A new report shows Georgia's budget reserves have fallen by nearly 50% in just two years.

PATRICIA MURPHY

OK, Democrats, now what?

Georgia Democrats swept every statewide office and took control of the state House. How they use their mandate will decide if they're in control for a term or a generation.

Democrats sweep the midterms in Georgia. Is 2020 election denial over?

The 2020 election has loomed over Georgia for years. With Democrats sweeping the midterms, is it over?

BILL TORPY

Does the crazy meanness ebb with MAGA’s electoral spanking?

Trump tries to sooth his ego by saying he wasn’t on the ballot. But several Georgia Republicans I spoke with said he certainly was.

Pocketbook issues fueled Georgia’s blue wave. Business leaders have noticed.

Voters made their economic frustration clear as Democrats swept statewide offices and reclaimed the state House.

Behind the collapse of the Republican coalition in Georgia

Not a single Republican won a statewide race in Georgia on Tuesday. Is it a temporary backlash to Donald Trump? Or the start of a political realignment?