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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to supporters after securing the nomination during a runoff against Mo Brooks on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Britt wins tumultuous Alabama Senate race scrambled by Trump
U.S. Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to supporters after securing the nomination during a runoff against Congressman Mo Brooks on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

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Takeaways: Trump's conditional loyalty, new warning for left
FILE - Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Palin and Republican Nick Begich have advanced to the August special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Palin, Begich, Gross advance in Alaska US House race
FILE - Former Nevada Assemblyman Jim Marchant addresses a crowd in front of the Nevada Capitol, March 4, 2021, in Carson, City, Nev. Marchant insisted there hadn't been a legitimate election in his state in more than a decade. But when he won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state tin June 2022, he immediately celebrated the victory as legitimate.(Ricardo Torres-Cortez/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

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Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins
South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry celebrates his win over U.S. Rep. Tom Rice for his congressional seat in the Republican primary, at the 8th Avenue Tiki Bar in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Tuesday, June 14, 2022.(Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

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Takeaways: Big Trump win, election deniers advance in Nevada
This photo combination shows Republican candidate Paul LePage, left, and Democratic incumbent Janet Mills for the upcoming Maine gubernatorial election on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Independent candidate Sam Hunkler is also running for election. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Mills, LePage look ahead to November in Maine governor race
South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry celebrates his win over U.S. Rep. Tom Rice for his congressional seat in the Republican primary, at the 8th Avenue Tiki Bar in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Tuesday, June 14, 2022.(Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

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Rice loses House seat after impeaching Trump; Mace holds on
FILE - From left, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, Joey Gilbert, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, former U.S. senator Dean Heller and Guy Nohra stand before a Republican primary debate for Nevada governor May 25, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, Pool, File)

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2022 midterms: What to watch in S Carolina, Nevada and Maine
FILE - Jim Marchant attends a Republican election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas. Of the seven Republicans running to oversee elections in this political battleground state, Marchant stands out for his full-throated embrace of conspiracy theories and lies about the 2020 election and his promises to toss out voting machines. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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Election skeptic wins GOP race for Nevada secretary of state
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel participates in a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif. California is a heavily Democratic state, but the Republican Party retains pockets of strength in U.S. House districts that will be among the country's marquee elections in the fight to control Congress. Steel, a South Korean immigrant, is hoping to win another term in Congress. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

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US House races in California could shape future of Congress
FILE - Montana U.S. House candidate and former Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, left, speaks with patrons at Metals Sports Bar and Grill, May 13, 2022, in Butte, Mont. Zinke is seeking election to a newly created U.S. House district. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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2022 midterms: What to watch in primaries in 7 states
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Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Georgia Republicans in Congress cheer, Democrats lament abortion ruling
House passes gun safety package, Biden expected to sign quickly
Former White House aide says Marjorie Greene requested pardon after Jan. 6
Georgia delegation pushes feds to base new health research agency in Georgia
A customer pumps gas earlier this month at a station on Peachtree Road. President Joe Biden called for a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax of 18 cents per gallon, backing a proposal that Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and other Democrats proposed earlier this year. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Biden backs suspension of federal gas tax, boosting Warnock proposal
Chris West edges out Jeremy Hunt in Georgia’s 2nd District GOP contest
Another Trump candidate defeated; Evans loses runoff to McCormick
Collins beats Trump-endorsed Jones in 10th Congressional District contest
Former Georgia election worker Wandrea ArShaye Moss, left, is comforted by her mother, Ruby Freeman, as she testifies Tuesday during the fourth hearing held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times)

Threat, lies upended Fulton election workers’ lives
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The Jolt: Loudermilk’s Jan. 5 tour creates he said/they said controversy
Video shows man on Jan. 5 tour with Loudermilk was outside Capitol during Jan. 6 riot
U.S. Capitol Police have determined that U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, did nothing wrong concerning a tour for constituents on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: U.S. House of Representatives.

Capitol Police: Loudermilk did nothing improper regarding Jan. 5 tour
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Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Gabe Sterling, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State, are sworn-in as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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Opinion: Republicans did the nation a favor with Jan. 6 panel boycott
June 7, 2022 Atalnta - A customer pumps gas at Shell gas station, where the price of gasoline approaches close to $6 a gallon, on Peachtree Road near Piedmont Atlanta Spine Center in Buckhead on Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Georgia gas prices hit new heights on Tuesday, according to AAA, with an average statewide cost of $4.33 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That’s still well below the national average of $4.92 per gallon.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Opinion: Democrats struggle with high inflation, rising gas prices
Miguel Cerrillo, father of Miah Cerrillo a fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, wipes a tear from his face as he testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

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Opinion: The wheels turn slowly in Congress
052422 Atlanta: Governor Brian Kemp reacts to cheering supporters as he take the stage to deliver his election night party speech at the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and British filmmaker Nick Quested, are sworn in Thursday as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a yearlong investigation. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

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Officer from Georgia describes ‘carnage’ and ‘chaos’ of Jan. 6 riot
Crosses are surrounded by flowers and other items at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that was created to honor the victims of a mass shooting there. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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U.S. House approves McBath ‘red flag’ bill in response to mass shootings
Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, 76, died Dec. 19, 2021, according to his family. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Ossoff leads effort to rename metro Atlanta’s VA offices after Johnny Isakson
From left, Zeneta Everhart, whose son Zaire Goodman, 20, was shot in the neck during the Buffalo Tops supermarket mass shooting and survived, Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician from Uvalde, Texas, Miguel Cerrillo, father of Miah Cerrillo fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and Lucretia Hughes, of DC Project, Women for Gun Rights, are sworn in to testify during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

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During hearing on gun violence, Georgia congressmen stick to partisan stances
Jeremy Hunt, left, and Chris West, right, participate in Georgia's Second Congressional District republican primary election runoff debates on Monday, June 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Runoff 2022: Georgia 2nd candidates Hunt, West debate district ties
Trucking company owner Mike Collins (left) and former state Rep. Vernon Jones participate in the Atlanta Press Club debate ahead of the Republican runoff in Georgia's 10th Congressional District. Screenshot of Georgia Public Broadcasting livestream.

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Runoff 2022: 10th District candidates Collins, Jones trade barbs in debate
Attorney Jake Evans (left) and emergency room physician Rich McCormick participate in the Atlanta Press Club debate ahead of the Republican runoff in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. Screenshot of Georgia Public Broadcasting livestream.

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Runoff 2022: Evans, McCormick debate who is more conservative in Georgia’s 6th
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath of Marietta, left, is comforted Thursday in Washington by Democratic U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson of LIthonia and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania following her plea for action during an emergency meeting of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to advance a series of Democratic gun control measures in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York. McBath's son, Jordan, was shot and killed during an altercation in 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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McBath, Johnson join other Democrats in backing slate of gun control measures
May 25, 2022 Atlanta: Voters at Park Tavern located at 500 10th Street NE, Atlanta. Voters encountered short lines and limited problems as election day got underway in Georgia on Monday, May 25, 2022 making their voices heard in one of the politically competitive states in the nation. But there were initial hiccups in a few voting locations. Some voters arrived at the polls to find their precincts had been moved to different locations. Others had short waits during the initial morning rush. Several voting locations had problems starting voting machines. In Fulton County, voting was running smoothly at almost all of the county's 250 polling sites, in part thanks to the 91,000 voters who cast their ballots during three weeks of early voting, said Interim Elections Director Nadine Williams. Two polling places, Hopewell Middle in Milton and Creel Park in South Fulton, opened 20 to 30 minutes late. Williams didn't provide a reason for the delays, but she said the county is asking a judge to allow the sites to close later so everyone can vote. She said some poll workers were 'no-shows' but they had staff in reserve. Williams encouraged folks to vote during lunch hours. The New Georgia Project, a voting rights group which monitors election issues, reported the polling place at Bethesda Elementary School in Gwinnett County opened about 30 minutes late. At North Decatur Presbyterian Church, two voting touchscreens weren't working because of a problem with their batteries, but poll workers said they had enough functioning touchscreens to avoid delays. About 70 voters cast ballots in the first hour of voting. Another voter, Marcia King, said she needed help from a poll worker to figure out how to print her ballot from the touchscreen. "This was very easy with no problems at all, and people were there to help," King said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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In effort to flip a congressional seat, Hunt and West head to runoff
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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath won her race Tuesday against fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux in the 7th Congressional District's primary. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Bourdeaux is sole Georgia incumbent to lose congressional primary
Voters at Snellville United Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Collins, Jones in GOP runoff in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District
Dr. Rich McCormick and attorney Jake Evans are headed to a runoff in the Republican primary in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

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Evans, McCormick headed to runoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. David Scott is pictured here during a visit to the Atlanta VA Medical Center in 2013. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Rep. David Scott holds off challengers in 13th District Democratic primary
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath gives a victory speech at her primary election night party at Hilton Atlanta Northeast on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. McBath won a three-way Democratic primary in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District.(Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Lucy McBath defeats Carolyn Bourdeaux in Georgia’s 7th District primary
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene greets supporters Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Rome, Ga. (Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene easily wins GOP primary in Georgia’s 14th District
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsements of Georgia Republican congressmen: U.S. Reps. Barry Loudermilk (from left), Buddy Carter and Rick Allen. (AJC file photos)

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Trump endorses trio of safe Georgia Republicans ahead of primary
The U.S. House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has asked Congressman Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, to talk to it about a tour it says he gave of the building on the eve of the riot.

Jan. 6 committee seeks info from Loudermilk regarding tour on eve of Capitol riot
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