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Joined September 2008
An AJC investigation found that allegations that Georgia Democrats had hacked the state's election system were baseless, a ploy to boost the Republican candidate for governor.
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BREAKING: Georgia manual recount confirms Biden victory
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Warnock to Georgians in debut 2022 ad: ‘I see you, I hear you, I am you.’
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Georgia U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson broke with most of his Republican colleagues on Thursday afternoon, voting to advance a Democratic plan to reopen shuttered federal agencies as he vowed to work with a bipartisan group of colleagues to find a way out of.
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AJC POLITICS: Kemp’s legal battle over $500K loan looms over Georgia governor’s race #gapol
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Several civil rights organizations are suing Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to stop the.
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No consequences so far after Trump supporters copied Georgia election data
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.@elenaparent says if the state restricts abortion to 6 weeks, the state should also provide maternity leave and high-quality childcare so women's lives are not "derailed" by an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. #gapol #hb481.
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Multiple former Ossoff volunteers are running for state house districts in Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties that have long histories of Republican domination.
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BREAKING: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Herschel Walker to win a full six-year term that will give Democrats 51-49 majority in the Senate: #GArunoff
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Georgia 2018: Abrams files paperwork to run for governor
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Warnock moves from pulpit to top rungs in crowded Senate race
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A recount for a Cobb County seat in the Georgia House showed that Democrat Mary Frances Williams defeated Republican state Rep. Sam Teasley by 174 votes.
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Gwinnett solicitor says he won’t prosecute people for giving voters water
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Start of Georgia early voting brings in high turnout of 128K voters
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Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis sent a letter to Willis today asking for an explanation about her use of county funds. #gapol .
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Abrams’ revenge: Warnock’s victory a direct blow to her rival Kemp
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BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022
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.@staceyabrams says her book has now reached #3 in the @nytimes paper book best seller chart. #gapol
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Gwinnett County announced Thursday it will extend its elections office hours to allow more time for voters who used provisional ballots to provide the documentation necessary for verification.
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Democratic state Rep. Renitta Shannon enters race for Georgia’s lieutenant governor
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Election officials have closed 214 precincts in Georgia over the last six years, many of them in rural, poor and minority communities. The changes came in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that removed federal oversight of voting changes in.
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.@senatorjen calls #hb481 "cruel, punitive and regressive."."A deeply held belief does not allow you to adopt a view counter to scientific and legal fact.".
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Democrat John Barrow picked up a surprising endorsement in his Dec. 4 runoff bid for secretary of state: The third-place finisher who forced the race into overtime.
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Now that Brian Kemp will be rallying with President Donald Trump instead of participating in a debate, Stacey Abrams will hold a virtual town hall.
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.@staceyabrams may have ended her campaign for gov, but her “count every vote” ads are still on air. One just aired during the Georgia game. #gapol.
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Over renewed objections from Secretary of State Brian Kemp and other elections leaders, a federal judge officially issued Thursday an injunction stopping Georgia from rejecting absentee ballots on the basis of a signature mismatch.
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Stacey Abrams recorded a 30-second TV ad to be seen in Georgia during the Super Bowl. The ad is on behalf of her voting rights group, Fair Fight Action. Abrams, who lost a race for governor to Republican Brian Kemp, appears in the ad with Natalie.
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Just three votes separated Georgia state Rep. Dan Gasaway and Chris Erwin in a repeat runoff election for a state House seat Tuesday. The new election was ordered because voters received the wrong ballots during the original Republican primary in May.
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Georgia Democrats push ‘souls to the polls’ with Sunday voting
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Gwinnett voters choose first black school board member
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Many Georgia voters surveyed said they’re concerned about election fairness and accuracy after last year’s heated campaign for governor.
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Judge rejects another election lawsuit by Georgia U.S. senators
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Weekend in-person early voting numbers in DeKalb County are up 67 percent from the last midterm election, making the totals “historical numbers for a gubernatorial election,” county Elections Director Erica Hamilton said Monday.
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GBI chief: Not enough evidence to pursue GOP’s ballot fraud claim
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Warnock collects more than $26M in latest fundraising period
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We’re excited to announce the newest members of our newsroom, @Paradise_Afshar and @lautarogrinspan 🎉The two will join @ajc as @Report4America corps members covering immigrant communities in metro Atlanta. Help us welcome them and read more about them ⬇
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Jordan: How we continue the fight is to get more women elected so this chamber and the one across the hall will have more women and be controlled by Democrats so we can repeal some of these archaic laws.
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NBC makes call: Ossoff, Perdue head for runoff in Georgia
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Kemp’s ‘concern’ about voting rights, new calls to resign and special session politics #gapol
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Election 2020: Biden reportedly planning major announcement Friday
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Supreme Court rejects another Georgia election lawsuit
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Gov.-elect Brian Kemp took a step toward thawing his icy relationship with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms when he walked on Wednesday to City Hall for a sit-down with the Democrat.
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Decatur lawmaker proposes bill to ban bump stocks in Georgia
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Georgia 2018: Democrat Abrams nets $500K in governor bid
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Augusta – Stacey Abrams took a campaign detour to the scene of one of the more controversial m.
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Lawsuit tries to force Georgia to use paper ballots in 2018 elections
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Former state Rep. Geoff Duncan appears to have pulled off an upset win against state Sen.
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Former President Barack Obama told a crowd at Morehouse College that this election is the most important one in "our lifetime."
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Georgia’s legal battle with Biden over vaccine mandates grows
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Georgia 2018: Stacey Abrams resigns from House to focus on gov run
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Record numbers of women running for U.S. House in Georgia, nationwide
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Nation, social media reacts to Warnock’s historic win
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A federal judge issued an order late Wednesday that will result in the counting of a new trove of ballots in Georgia's race for governor.
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Georgia has the most openly gay state lawmakers in the South
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Judge extends Georgia deadline to return absentee ballots
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The pursuit of Amazon HQ2 and the promise of 50,000 jobs have threatened to complicate elections in about a dozen states; Georgia is no exception.
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Duncan pushes back on false voter fraud claims: ‘We’re better than this’
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Georgia election officials required to improve public records compliance
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Georgia judge dismisses Trump campaign case in Chatham ballot dispute
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With Ossoff victory, Democrats cement Georgia as swing state
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Georgia Democrats name a new leader, as the state's two major parties prepare for a political scene that will likely be a battleground in 2020.
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Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp will meet Tuesday for their first televised TV deba.
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Georgia Republican draws fire for work with Warren on hearing aid bill
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Jimmy Carter speaks out against Georgia voting restriction bills
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Podcast: Election results and Georgia Senate runoffs feat. Niles Francis
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Janet Jackson wins the debate! #NastyWoman trends as Trump interrupts Hillary, again #DebateNight
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One word of caution: This is down street from a library that was early voting site, which could account for low ElexDay turnout. #GA06
Election Day turnout so far at Dunwoody Christian Academy is 460 out of roughly 4000 in the precinct.
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Republican incumbents Fran Millar and Meagan Hanson lost on Election Day, and the DeKalb County delegation is now all Democrats.
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Myrlie Evers, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, is endorsing Stacey Abrams for governor.
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