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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2017 file photo, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed greets supporters for city councilwoman and mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, whom Reed endorsed to replace him, at an election night party in Atlanta. Reed has filed paperwork to enter the race for his old job four years after he left City Hall. The document filed with the Georgia ethics commission Wednesday, June 9, 2021, opens the door for Reed to start accepting campaign contributions. Reed jumped into the 2021 campaign one month after current Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she won't seek reelection to a second term. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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The Jolt: “I’m back!” Inside Kasim Reed’s pricey comeback birthday bash
12/21/2020 — Columbus, Georgia — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris greets a crowd of supporters gathered 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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Kamala Harris will visit Atlanta next week to promote coronavirus vaccination
Former Mayor Kasim Reed (left) and city attorney Cathy Hampton represented the city of Atlanta on an economic development trip to South Africa in 2017. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
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The Jolt: GOP support could boost Kasim Reed’s comeback in Atlanta mayor’s race
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FILE - In this May 6, 2021 file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. For some conspiracy theorists, the 2020 election still hasn’t ended. Trump supporters are pushing to re-examine ballots from November across the country, and finding success in swing states like Arizona and Georgia. Their efforts and sometimes misleading conclusions are being gleefully amplified by the former president. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)
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The Jolt: Georgia state senators tour “sham” Arizona ballot review
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The Jolt: How to replace Jody Hice in Congress? Be very, very pro-Trump
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 MIA from state GOP convention
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, right, talks with Pete Chagnon of New Life FM radio at the Georgia Grown Farmers Showcase which features agricultural products from all corners of Georgia coming together under one shed for one day on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the Atlanta State Farmers Market. David Tulis / AJC Special
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Republican Gary Black enters Senate race against Raphael Warnock
Former Sen. David Perdue on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Augusta, Georgia. He has announced he won't run for a Senate seat in 2022. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
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The Jolt: Former Sen. David Perdue is back...for Gov. Brian Kemp
11/20/2020 � Canton, Georgia �United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue makes remarks during a Defend the Majority Republican Rally in Canton, Ga., Friday, November 20, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Sonny Perdue on why he wants to be the state’s next higher ed leader
11/02/2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a Biden-Harris rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill community, Monday, November 2, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Abrams’ Fair Fight launches ad campaign slamming Georgia’s voting restrictions
Republicans stop to talk in front of a backlit image of President Trump during the opening day of the Georgia State GOP convention Friday, June 2, 2017 in Augusta, Ga. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
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The Jolt: What to expect at this weekend’s wild GOP convention
The Census Bureau has said it expects to release apportionment counts by the end of April, untabulated redistricting data by mid-August and finally full population and demographic data by the end of September — months after the typical delivery dates. (Dreamstime/TNS)
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The Jolt: Crucial residency deadline complicates redistricting
U.S. Representative Jody Hice (R-GA) speaks at a House Freedom Caucus press conference about the Equality Act on Feb. 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/TNS)
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The Jolt: Race to replace Jody Hice heating up
Gov. Brian Kemp rolled back nearly all of Georgia's coronavirus regulations in an order he signed Friday. The order takes effect Monday. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Most Ga. COVID restrictions end soon; no outright ban on school mask mandates
Officials of Johns Creek and its Convention and Visitors Bureau dedicate the city's first gateway marker, on Kimball Bridge Road, in September 2020. File photo.
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The Jolt: Sticker shock hits Metro Atlanta cities as COVID money comes in far lower than...
Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that he is preparing to sign an executive order that would restrict public schools from requiring that students, staffers and teachers wear masks. He pointed out that the state's numbers for hospitalization due to COVID-19 have "plummeted." (PHOTO/Daniel Varnado)
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Kemp to restrict Georgia’s public schools from requiring masks
U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock, right, and Jon Ossoff, shown speaking at a rally in March near the state Capitol, pushed in a letter to “close the coverage gap” in Georgia and other states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Warnock, Ossoff press for a new path to expand Georgia’s Medicaid
May 4, 2021 Byromville - Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock speaks to supporters at JibbÕs Vineyard in Byromville on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: Georgia Democrats’ 2022 Playbook
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday that bans the state government from requiring proof of vaccination against the coronavirus, joining other Republican-led states in restricting the use of so-called “vaccine passports.” CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Georgia governor bans state government from requiring ‘vaccine passports’
Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, R-Gainesville, announced Tuesday that he will run for lieutenant governor in 2022. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
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Republican Butch Miller launches campaign for Georgia’s No. 2 job
Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr.
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The Jolt: GOP making Atlanta crime a Georgia election issue for 2022
Governor appoints first African American to lead Stone Mountain association, other board members
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The Jolt: Vote expected today in the battle over the future of Stone Mountain
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock spoke to Black farmers earlier this month at at Jibb's Vineyard in Byromville, telling them "help is on the way" as part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Congress approved earlier this year. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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USDA moves forward with Warnock’s $4B debt relief plan for Black farmers
03/31/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Speaker of the House Rep. David Ralston (Blue Ridge) speaks with members of the press following Sine Die, legislative day 40, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: “Senator” David Ralston?
Gov. Brian Kemp talks to the press before signing HB 479, which repeals Georgia's citizen's arrest law at the State Capital Monday, May 10, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Georgia governor blasts critical race theory as a ‘dangerous ideology’
Former Mayor Kasim Reed (left) and press secretary, Jenna Garland, in 2015. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
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The Jolt: Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed continues to hint at a comeback
FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference in Atlanta. Georgia’s State Election Board met Wednesday, April 28, 2021, for the first time without Raffensperger as chair after lawmakers removed him from the role in a new election law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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The Jolt: Brad Raffensperger: ‘Yes, I’m running again’
Gov. Brian Kemp said he will campaign for reelection based on his record of aggressively reopening the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, his approval of an anti-abortion law, his support for tax cuts and being a “true conservative that hasn’t wavered.” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Brian Kemp aims to flip the script on Democrats with 2022 reelection strategy
Well-known political activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks at the 2020 Clark Atlanta University graduation Saturday at the Harkness Hall Quadrangle in Atlanta on May 15, 2021. The 2020 ceremony was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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The Jolt: Stacey Abrams tells graduates about fear, failure, and 2018
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp talks with the media about Georgia’s four mass COVID-19 vaccination sites Monday at the State Operations Center, GEMA, February 22, 2021 STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Brian Kemp is gearing up his 2022 campaign for a second term
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2022, instead focusing on an effort to recast the Republican Party. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Trump critic, will not run for a second term in 2022
Georgia Republican Chairman David Shafer speaks with members of the media at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, December 14, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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The Jolt: GOP’s internal post-defeat report: What defeat?
Newcomers to Georgia Republican meetings raise their hands during the 1st District GOP convention on May 15, 2021.
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A surge of newcomers pack Georgia GOP meetings across state
Governor Brian Kemp holds a press conference at the state capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on April 20th, 2021 in response to African American religious leaders calling for a boycott of Home Depot over recent voting legislation in the state. PHOTO BY NATHAN POSNER
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The Jolt: Test for Kemp, Duncan and Raffensperger coming at next round of GOP meetings
U.S. Representative Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks at a House Freedom Caucus press conference about the Equality Act on Feb. 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/TNS)
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The Jolt: Jody Hice, in pitch to become secretary of state, spreads election falsehoods
Georgia U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde's description of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "no insurrection" was widely criticized after a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday. Screenshot via YouTube.
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Rep. Andrew Clyde downplays Jan. 6 as ‘no insurrection’ in U.S. House hearing
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