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Potential candidates wait in the Democratic line Monday to file paperwork to run for election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Qualifying week sets the stage for a turbulent Georgia 2026 campaign

Democrats see their deepest bench in years as Republicans battle for dominance in pivotal statewide races.

In a surprise move, Nabilah Parkes jumps into lieutenant governor’s race

Trump prosecutor running for appeals court judge

Former Georgia chief justice appointed to mediate Fulton FBI raid dispute

Four running for Colton Moore’s northwest Georgia Senate district

Three Republicans and one Democrat are vying for a northwest Georgia state Senate seat in a special election Tuesday.

Rick Jackson promises to ‘unwind’ his company’s state contracts if elected

Republican Rick Jackson's lucrative health care contracts with the state have come under fire now that he is running for governor in Georgia.

Candidates seek Augusta state House seat in Tuesday’s special election

State House District 130 candidates area running in Tuesday's special election to fill a vacancy in the Georgia General Assembly.

How COVID-19 is transforming the film industry

Provocative film executive enters Georgia House race with $4M pledge

Atlanta film executive Ryan Millsap is challenging GOP front-runner Houston Gaines to succeed U.S. Rep. Mike Collins in Congress.

Democrats vie for a metro-Atlanta state House seat in a March 10 election

Metro-Atlanta voters will soon decide their next state House representative in the Georgia General Assembly.

Activists want paper ballots amid Georgia’s looming QR code deadline

Georgia state senators push change to hand-marked paper ballots — again

The Georgia Senate advanced a proposal for preprinted paper ballots counted by machines on Monday ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison and Rep. Nikema Williams speak to journalists after touring State Farm Arena on Thursday, July28, 2022, as part of Atlanta’s bid to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Atlanta advances as finalist for 2028 Democratic convention

After losing the 2024 bid to Chicago, city leaders get another chance to showcase Georgia’s battleground status.

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Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

Qualifying week is Georgia politics at its most theatrical — and most consequential. ...

Voting rights group sues Raffensperger over voter cancellation documents

A Georgia voting rights group and two labor unions are suing the secretary of state for refusing to hand over records related to a 2025 mass voter registration cancellation.

Georgia lawmakers want statewide grand juries to investigate election crimes

A Georgia Senate committee that spent the last two years investigating Fulton DA Fani Willis has proposed new criteria for disciplining or removing district attorneys.

State Rep. Ruwa Romman, D-Duluth — pictured in this file photo from October — is ending her campaign for governor. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Democratic lawmaker quits race for Georgia governor

Romman said she decided to withdraw after learning well-financed outside groups were lining up behind another candidate and that grassroots networks were mobilities elsewhere.

Former federal prosecutors denounce FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots

A group of former federal prosecutors says the Justice Department should not have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Fulton County last month.

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

The FBI’s investigation of Fulton records is a trip down memory lane

Read more about the six claims outlined in the affidavit used by the FBI for Fulton County’s 2020 ballots, what investigators found and what questions remain unanswered.

Two liberal challengers test Georgia’s entrenched Supreme Court

A pair of conservative justices on Georgia's Supreme Court are facing reelection challenges from liberal lawyers.

Reality TV star says she’s serious about her run for Congress

Dr. Heavenly Kimes, a practicing dentist and star of Bravo's "Married to Medicine," has launched a campaign for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Trump reaches deal to end suit over ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’

President Donald Trump and his 2024 election campaign have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the estate of R&B singer Isaac Hayes.