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CLAXTON, GA - JANUARY 7, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks at an event at the Spring Hollow Farm in Claxton, Ga. about bringing high speed internet to two rural Georgia counties. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Search firm cites ‘misinformation’ in decision to quit hunt for new Georgia chancellor
FILE - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks during a Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday, May 6, 2021 she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive who months ago was among those President Joe Biden considered for his running mate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The Jolt: Why Keisha Bottoms isn’t running for election - and who might jump in now
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2020 file photo, then Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue arrives at a campaign rally in Augusta, Ga. The search firm working with Georgia' university system to find its new chancellor has quit over the possibility of Perdue being named as the system’s chancellor. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Search firm quits in hunt for new Georgia higher ed chancellor
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks Thursday to a small gathering in the Georgia Bulldogs' recruiting lounge at Sanford Stadium before signing into law House Bill 617, which will give college athletes the right to make money off their name, image or likeness. (Photo by Greg Bluestein/AJC)
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A new Georgia law paves way to pay college athletes
01/04/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams makes remarks during a Georgia Democrat U.S. Senate campaign rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Stacey Abrams in control of Democratic nomination in governor’s race
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to the media at a diner on Monday, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. McCarthy and other Republicans decried Major League Baseball's decision to move the All-Star game out of Georgia amid concerns about changes to the state's voting laws. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
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The Jolt: The emerging GOP war on Corporate America
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
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The Jolt: Jon Ossoff weighs in on Biden tax hikes: “We will have to raise some revenues”
Eric Welsh is a Republican running for the U.S. House in north Atlanta's suburbs.
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Georgia 6th: A retired Army veteran challenges Lucy McBath in competitive suburbs
State Rep. Bee Nguyen, a Democrat from Atlanta, launched her campaign Tuesday for secretary of state in next year's election. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Democrat Nguyen launches campaign for Georgia’s top election official
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday aimed at halting illegal street racing, which has driven a surge of complaints in metro Atlanta since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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A new Georgia law aims to curb illegal street racing
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)
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The Jolt: Chaos comes for the Fulton County GOP
President Joe Biden greets Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, as first lady Jill Biden and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., watch, during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Georgia Democrats are staffing up as a pivotal 2022 election looms
Brian Kemp surveys the Rio Grande River during an April 30, 2021 visit.
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Kemp’s visit to Texas border in ‘crisis’ highlights his 2022 strategy
Gov. Brian Kemp signed an order Friday lifting most of Georgia's remaining coronavirus restrictions. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Georgia governor lifts many of state’s remaining virus restrictions
People cheer as President Joe Biden speaks during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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The Jolt: Is Georgia ‘Blurple,’ ‘Rurple’ or Purple?
President Joe Biden greets Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Biden visits Plains, pitches his $4T program in Gwinnett
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk with former first lady Rosalynn Carter as they leave the home of former President Jimmy Carter during a trip to mark Biden's 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Biden and Carter rekindle a long friendship in Plains
In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., delivers the Republican response to President Joe Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
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The Jolt: Sen. Tim Scott defends Georgia voting law in GOP response to Biden
State Rep. Matthew Wilson. Photo: Alyssa Pointer
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Georgia 2022: Democrat Matthew Wilson launches campaign for insurance commish
Stacey Abrams, former Georgia House Democratic Leader, speaks to attendees at the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15, 2019. Abrams is seen as running again for Georgia governor in 2022 setting up a rematch with Gov. Brian Kemp. (Cheriss May/Sipa USA/TNS)
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The Jolt: A Stacey Abrams edit makes Republicans (Sic.)
Former President Jimmy Carter, left, and President Joe Biden have had a long and fruitful relationship. Biden will visit Carter during a swing through Georgia on Thursday to mark the first 100 days of his term in the White House.
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Biden to meet with Jimmy Carter in Plains during Georgia swing this week
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens as Stacey Abrams testifies remotely, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
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‘Let me continue.’ Abrams finishes her viral cut-off comments to Kennedy
June 26, 2020 Atlanta - Gov. Brian Kemp signs HB 426, hate-crimes legislation, into law on the last day of the legislative session at Georgia State Capitol on Friday, June 26, 2020. Gov. Brian Kemp signed hate-crimes legislation into law on Friday after state lawmakers brokered a compromise over the proposal after 16 years of debate over whether to extend protections to people who are targeted because of biases. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: To sign or not to sign? Gov. Brian Kemp still has a pile of bills on his desk
Rev. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Kelly Loeffler in Georgia
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Who could challenge Raphael Warnock in 2022?
Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins said he will not be running either for the U.S. Senate or the governorship in 2022. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Doug Collins is not running for Senate or Georgia governor in 2022
April 20, 2021 Stone Mountain - Robert E. Lee Blvd at Stone Mountain Park on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Black leadership for Confederate memorials at Stone Mountain starts today
09/25/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Former professional football player Herschel Walker reacts to President Donald Trump as he speaks during a Blacks for Trump campaign rally at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Friday, September 25, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Herschel Walker rumors blocking top Republicans in Senate race
A pro-Donald Trump mob storms the U.S. Capitol following a rally with the then-president on Jan. 6 in Washington. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS)
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GOP AGs group promotes operative behind robocalls urging march to Capitol
CLAXTON, GA - JANUARY 7, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks at an event at the Spring Hollow Farm in Claxton, Ga. about bringing high speed internet to two rural Georgia counties. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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The Jolt: How badly do Sonny Perdue’s allies want him overseeing Georgia’s universities?
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has stepped down as chairman of a national group that advocates for Republican attorneys general, citing a “significant difference of opinion” in the organization’s direction following a robocall that urged people to march to the U.S. Capitol and seek an overturning of the presidential election ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Carr steps down from Republican AGs group under fire for robocall
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms during a news conference on May 30, 2020. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal Constitution/TNS)
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The Jolt: Democrats push for reform after George Floyd verdict, Kemp calls for “healing”
03/15/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Rep. Derrick Jackson (D-Tyrone) speaks to a group gathered to peacefully protest HB 531 and SB 241 outside of the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta, Monday, March 15, 2021. The group of activists from different organizations staged a die-in outside of the World of Coca-Cola to protest HB SB 241 and HB 531. These bills, which deal with the Georgia elections, aim to change the voting process. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Georgia 2022: Democratic lawmaker jumps in LG race
President Joe Biden's new debt relief program targeted specifically to Black, Hispanic and Native American farmers shows the political weight of Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., shown in Washington, D.C., in 2021. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds
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The Jolt: Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams, and Jan Jones headline U.S. Senate look at...
T.J. Hudson resigned his position as a probate judge in Treutlen County to run for Georgia secretary of state as a Republican.
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Georgia 2022: Probate judge challenges Raffensperger in GOP race
December 5, 2020 Valdosta - President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican National Committee’s Victory Rally at the Valdosta Flying Services in Valdosta on Saturday, December 5, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Battle over delegates shows it’s still Trump’s Georgia GOP
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler,leaves a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Georgia 2022: Republican Buddy Carter gears up for a Senate run
In this file photo, Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) speaks during a campaign event at the Walton County Historic Courthouse on October 30, 2020 in Monroe, Georgia. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)
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Loeffler’s group bashes ‘All-Star strikeout squad’ with Truist billboards
GOP activist Baoky Vu of Decatur. AIn this July photo, the Olympic rings and torch from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta stand near the formerly named Centennial Olympic Stadium, now Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team in Atlanta. AP/David GoldmanJC file
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Grassroots fury at Kemp bubbles up in county GOP meetings around Georgia
Former Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones said Friday that he will challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary in 2022. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Former Democratic lawmaker Vernon Jones challenges Kemp in GOP primary
GOP activist Baoky Vu of Decatur. AIn this July photo, the Olympic rings and torch from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta stand near the formerly named Centennial Olympic Stadium, now Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team in Atlanta. AP/David GoldmanJC file
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The Jolt: Another GOP censure roiling Republicans from the inside out
12/21/2020 — Columbus, Georgia — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks during a car rally in Columbus, Georgia, Monday, December 21, 2020. Vice President-elect Harris was in Georgia stumping for US Senate Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Rahpael Warnock. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Vice President Harris says Georgia election law is clear voter suppression
Rev. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Kelly Loeffler in Georgia
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Warnock off to a fast fundraising start for 2022 Senate re-election race
U.S. Senate candidate Latham Saddler served as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he also worked in the White House.
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Navy veteran Latham Saddler enters US Senate race against Warnock
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday promoted the White House's $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal called the American Jobs Plan. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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AJC interview: Harris touts $2.3T infrastructure plan to reshape Ga. economy
State Sen. Jen Jordan, D-Atlanta. Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com
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Jen Jordan is running for attorney general in Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp signs into law voting rights bill SB202 on Thursday behind closed doors at the Georgia Capitol.
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The Jolt: No ‘domino effect’ from election bill in Georgia, yet
11/21/20 - Atlanta, GA - Several different groups converged on the Georgia State Capitol for a rally on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Among the speakers was Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones, who is a supporter of President Donald Trump. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.shin@ajc.com
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The Jolt: Will Republicans vote for a recent Democrat if Donald Trump tells them to?
President Donald Trump looks on while business owner Kelvin King joins him on stage to speak during the Black Voices for Trump Coalition Rollout in Atlanta in November 2019. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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Republican Kelvin King to challenge Warnock in 2022 Senate contest
An aerial view of SK Innovation's $2.6 billion construction site in Commerce, Georgia, on September 30, 2020. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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How bitter Korean rivals settled a rift that threatened Georgia battery plant
President Joe Biden waves as he departs after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Biden touts Georgia battery deal as ‘win’ for workers, auto industry
RAW VIDEO: Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks on election night
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The Jolt: The baseball event Kelly Loeffler wants Georgia Republicans to cheer on
April 6, 2021 Cobb County: Workers with DeNYSE load the All Star sign after removing it from near the stadium’s scoreboard on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Truist Park. A Cobb County-based Civil Rights Organization says moving Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game out of Georgia was the right call, regardless of the economic impact to local businesses. New Order National Human Rights Organization gave their latest update on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in front of Truist Park in Cobb County regarding Major league baseball relocating the All Star from Atlanta. The organization said they realized that the Governor has responded to cancelation of the all Star game here in Atlanta and as a national human rights organization gave their response to the game being moved out of Atlanta. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Election law controversy ignites 2022 Georgia governor’s race
03/12/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia State Sen. Lester Jackson, D - Savannah, speaks on behalf of SB 40 during the Georgia Legislatures Crossover day, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Senate Bill 40, which prohibits school officials from having sexual intercourse with students, passed the Senate. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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Georgia 2022: Lester Jackson aims for Labor commish
Fulton County's district attorney said Wednesday that she will not prosecute state Rep. Park Cannon, who was arrested March 25 after knocking repeatedly on the door to Gov. Brian Kemp's private office while he was giving remarks touting the state's new election law. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Fulton DA won’t prosecute lawmaker arrested during election law signing
04/01/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — AME Bishop Reginald T. Jackson makes a statement during a press conference with other religious leaders outside of the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Bishop Jackson called on people to boycott Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Delta Air Lines because he feels they have not taken a strong stance on SB 202. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Faith leaders delay boycott over Ga. election law, plan Masters protest
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