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Could 2027 be Georgia’s year for legalized gambling?

Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms wants to legalize casino gambling. After years of stalling in the Republican-controlled Legislature, will new leadership change that?

AJC EXCLUSIVE

‘It’s good to be unfiltered’: Burt Jones lets loose after GOP rout

A Latino voting surge is reshaping Georgia’s political map

GUEST COLUMN

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

PATRICIA MURPHY

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

Jon Ossoff has made it a point to cultivate relationships in the same Black churches where John Lewis spent decades advancing civil rights.

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.

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

Tanya Miller is part of a generational leadership change in Georgia, where Democrats won every statewide executive office and a majority in the state House of Representatives.

Fulton County will have a new commission. What could change for its jail, courts and hospital plans?

There will be five new faces on the seven-member board next year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.