3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1168+ words) Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson advanced to the runoff in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, extending their bruising and expensive campaign battle. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms clinched the Democratic nomination on Tuesday....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (819+ words) Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms smiles while waiting in line to file paperwork to qualify for the 2026 Georgia governor’s race at the Georgia State Capitol, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP) But there is little of…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (742+ words) Tuesday’s special congressional runoff marks the second time in less than a month that voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District cast ballots for their representative in Washington. None of the 17 contenders in a March 10 special election received a majority of the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (458+ words) Harris led a first round of voting on March 10 with 37% in the district that stretches across 10 counties from suburban Atlanta to Tennessee. While Fuller came in second in the 17-candidate all-party special election with 35%, the Republican candidates combined won nearly…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (412+ words) State Sen. John Albers, a Republican from the Atlanta suburb of Roswell who pushed the bill, said he believed it was needed to promote public safety, even though the counties’ elected sheriffs will continue to be elected under party labels…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (574+ words) State Rep. Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia, speaks at a House Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, to consider legislation to push back the deadline to stop counting votes with QR codes....

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1053+ words) The 48-year-old digital imaging technician moved from Indiana to Georgia in 2017 as studios — lured by generous tax credits — turned Atlanta into the “Hollywood of the South,” the backdrop for hundreds of productions like “The Hunger Games,” “Stranger Things” and more…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) Democratic candidate Shawn Harris, right, sings along with a song written about his campaign during a barbecue at the Chattanooga County Agricultural Center, in Summerville, Ga., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) With top candidates…...