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Republican Rusty Paul says Democrats helped him win as Sandy Springs mayor

The former Georgia Republican Party chair noted his landslide win was aided by a timely endorsement from Democratic state Rep. Esther Panitch.

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Democrats hope today’s runoff races will build momentum for 2026 midterms

Two metro Atlanta mayors' races offer Democrats a chance to prove last month's Public Service Commission wins were no fluke.

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Brad Raffensperger wants to ‘move on’ after Trump’s Fulton County case ends

Georgia's Republican secretary of state played a big part in the election interference case, including being the first to testify to the grand jury.

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Democrats pressure state GOP to oust adviser over social media posts

Brad Barnes amplified white nationalist content online. Georgia Democrats note Republican leaders have been mostly silent about it.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit hints at growing GOP discontent in Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene says "it's worse than people inside the bubble know" as she says GOP legislative majority has been "wasted."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation muddies notion of Trump’s staying power

Greene stood up to Trump and won, signaling a potential power shift. Then she decided to leave Congress.

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He once praised Ossoff. Now, ex-VFW leader is backing Collins for US Senate.

Al Lipphardt was U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff's guest in Washington earlier this year. Now, he is chair of Veterans for Mike, a group backing Collins' Senate campaign.

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Democrat Esther Panitch backs former GOP chair for Sandy Springs mayor

Panitch, the only Jewish member of the Georgia Legislature, is backing Rusty Paul because she says he has directly confronted antisemitism.

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Ex-Republican Geoff Duncan courts Democrats in his home district

The former Republican received a fairly warm reception when speaking to Forsyth County Democrats about his campaign for governor.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene among the few Georgians given nasty nickname from Trump

Donald Trump is known for bestowing insulting nicknames. But so far he's avoided handing them out to Georgia's most prominent politicians.

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Georgia’s top Republican US Senate candidates now back release of Epstein files

U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter, Mike Collins and Derek Dooley say they back a bill in the U.S. House that to force the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019.

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Ossoff pledges not to use deepfake campaign videos, while Collins digs in

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins' deepfake video of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff roiled Georgia's U.S. Senate race. Collins' campaign says it will continue to use similar methods.

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Brandon Beach heralds end of the penny as the ‘return of common sense’

As the U.S. treasurer, the former Georgia state senator oversees the U.S. Mint. The agency commemorated the final penny production on Wednesday.

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Veterans Day ad highlights Republican discord in Georgia’s US Senate race

An ad from U.S. Rep. Mike Collins says Derek Dooley dishonored military veterans by not voting. It's one of several squabbles in the GOP race.

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Georgia Democrats decry shutdown deal that doesn’t extend health subsidies

Every major Democratic candidate for governor opposes the deal because it would not guarantee extending subsidies to help people buy health insurance.

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Bipartisan deal to end government shutdown tests Jon Ossoff’s resolve

The Democratic U.S. senator facing a tough reelection fight has so far voted against the deal because it would not extend health insurance subsidies.

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New Kemp-backed ad roils Georgia’s Republican US Senate race

A group supporting Derek Dooley's campaign is blaming GOP U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins for the federal government shutdown.