Adam Beam
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Adam is deputy politics editor. He started his career covering politics in South Carolina for The State newspaper. He then spent a decade at the Associated Press writing about politics and government in Kentucky and California.
Latest from Adam Beam
Election 2026 Georgia Runoff

Raffensperger says audit bolsters case for touchscreen voting system

Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson

Polls suggest different trajectories for Georgia’s top races

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

DOJ warns states, threatens criminal action over noncitizen voting

Election 2026 Maine Senate

Ossoff, Warnock join push for Graham Platner to drop out of key Senate race

FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump’s 2020 loss

Fallout from 2020 hangs over Georgia’s 2026 race

Jon Ossoff debates empty podium

Ossoff challenges Collins to three debates in Senate race

U.S. Senate runoff

How the U.S. Supreme Court may have given Mike Collins a helping hand

Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

Ossoff doubles down on anti-corruption message in reelection bid

Lisa Cook

Who is Lisa Cook, the Fed governor the Supreme Court ruled can stay on the job?

certification

Fulton election board dispute goes to Georgia Supreme Court