Political Insider
Political Insider

Politically Georgia: Can Republicans gain ground in Atlanta’s suburbs?

September 27, 2022 Alpharetta - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (left) and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin greet supporters during a Get Out the Vote Rally for at Town Green Fountain in Alpharetta on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

September 27, 2022 Alpharetta - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (left) and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin greet supporters during a Get Out the Vote Rally for at Town Green Fountain in Alpharetta on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
By and
Sept 28, 2022

Politically Georgia hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy discuss how Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republicans are trying to expand the electoral map from deep-red rural areas to the Atlanta suburbs.

Have a question about Georgia politics? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at (770)810-5297 and leave your question. Greg and Patricia will answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment in Friday’s episode.

Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher.

You can also tell your smart speaker to “play Politically Georgia podcast.”

About the Authors

Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter.

Follow Greg Bluestein on facebookFollow Greg Bluestein on twitter

Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Follow Patricia Murphy on twitter
More Stories

The Latest

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is Joe Biden's choice for a running mate in this year's election. She is making history as the first Black woman and the first Indian American woman on a major party’s presidential ticket. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)

Credit: Anna Moneymaker

FROM 2020

Opinion: Black and Indian girls like me can see themselves in Kamala Harris

PG A.M.: Marjorie Taylor Greene faces backlash in push to oust House Speaker

PG A.M.: Kemp renews support for Trump, GOP ticket ‘from the bottom up’

Featured

UPS driver Dan Partyka delivers an overnight package. As more people buy more goods online, the rapid and unrelenting expansion of e-commerce is causing real challenges for the Sandy-Springs based company. (Bob Andres/AJC 2022)

Credit: TNS

Amid UPS struggles, shipper makes first-ever plans to offer buyouts to drivers

UPS said in a written statement it is navigating “an unprecedented business landscape.”

Kneeling man impaled by giant straw? Towering mural leaves public mystified.

A towering mural on the side of the Connally Hotel has mystified Atlanta since 2011. Who is the kneeling man, and what's piercing him? Is it a beam of light? A drinking straw?

OPINION

I just graduated college. Will I be able to buy a house like my parents did?

A recent college grad asks: Am I going to be able to buy a home like my parents did less than 30 years ago?