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Georgia House candidate fighting disqualification over voting record

An investigation into Georgia House candidate David Dillie says he voted in the Nevada primary in June and is ineligible to hold elected office in Georgia.

Georgia Republicans could redraw maps, limit governor’s powers after election

Artificial intelligence bot accesses Georgia voting data

Georgia 2026: What the polls and experts say about the U.S. Senate race

Georgia 2026: What the polls and experts say about the race for governor

Here are the polls on Georgia's race for governor between Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson.

AJC poll: Angry voters put Georgia’s GOP grip to the test

Nearly six in 10 likely Georgia voters say the nation is on the wrong track, while a majority disapprove of Trump's performance.

Democrats see an opening in Georgia’s Senate. These 5 races show the challenge.

Georgia Democrats hope a handful of suburban and exurban contests could chip away at GOP majority in the state Senate.

DOJ to send monitors to 6 Georgia counties with Democratic majorities

The U.S. Department of Justice has notified several left-leaning Georgia counties that it intends to station election monitors on Election Day.

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Rick Jackson sounds alarm over sluggish rural early voting

At a campaign stop Tuesday night in Calhoun, the Republican nominee for governor was surprisingly candid about his party's struggles.

Interactive: What Georgia voters say about races for governor, US Senate

The results of a new Georgia poll show who leads in the races for governor, U.S. Senate and more.

Friday is the final day to request a mail ballot in Georgia

Friday is the final day to request an absentee ballot for the 2026 midterms in Georgia. Here's what voters need to know.

AJC POLL

Jon Ossoff says he won’t run for president. Georgia Democrats have other ideas.

The latest AJC poll asks likely Georgia voters how they would feel about Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Brian Kemp and Marjorie Taylor Greene running for president.

Mail voting plummets in Georgia even as early voting turnout shatters records

Mail voting is plunging in Georgia even as early voting soars. Meanwhile, new polling shows nearly one in four Georgians lack confidence in the upcoming midterms.

AJC POLL

AJC poll: Georgia’s downballot races are deadlocked

Democrats have not won a statewide executive branch office since 2006. The AJC poll shows open seats for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state are tied.

Early voting surges in Georgia suburbs. Rural counties tell another story.

Democratic and Republican strongholds around Atlanta are posting big gains over 2022. But many rural counties are struggling to keep pace.

Keisha Lance Bottoms reports $23M fundraising surge in governor’s race

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has raised $23.2 million since the beginning of August as she scrambles to keep up with billionaire Republican Rick Jackson.

EXCLUSIVE

Keisha Lance Bottoms and her husband have a history of late tax payments

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and her husband, Derek, have faced hefty tax liens in the years since she assumed elected office in Atlanta.

AJC poll: Georgians want government to regulate AI; most oppose data centers.

The majority of Republicans and Democrats support regulation of artificial intelligence. The gap widens when it comes to data center construction and surveillance cameras.

Billionaire Democrats rush to Keisha Lance Bottoms’ aid in final stretch

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are sending $1 million each to Keisha Lance Bottoms' campaign for Georgia governor.

Inside the changing politics of the Black church

From Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist Church to Atlanta's rapidly growing 2819 Church, the Black church's political identity is changing. What's at stake?