The Democrats are echoing one of the loudest messages in the latest @ajc.com poll: Opposing Trump is one of the top priorities for likely Democratic primary voters, and not doing so risks infuriating their most loyal supporters. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Cost of living takes center stage at the AJC’s 2026 gubernatorial race forum: "Get away from the foolishness and focus on what people are most concerned about." www.ajc.com/video/news/2...

The Democrats are echoing one of the loudest messages in the latest @ajc.com poll: Opposing Trump is one of the top priorities for likely Democratic primary voters, and not doing so risks infuriating their most loyal supporters. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

For Ossoff and Georgia Democrats, the shutdown fight is the message www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Trump’s DOJ is fixated on the 2020 election. Fulton officials won’t budge.

The pardons are largely symbolic, because none of the people named are charged in federal court. And they have no impact on the Futon County racketeering case involving the 2020 vote. But they show how Trump is still fixated on his Georgia loss. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Bipartisan deal to end government shutdown tests Jon Ossoff’s resolve www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The 33-page ruling Friday dismantles the Catoosa County GOP’s attempt to bar four Republicans from seeking local office — and it hints at the legal perils awaiting far-right leaders pushing similar loyalty tests across Georgia. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia Republicans say they’d be foolish not to heed the lessons of the PSC races, when Democrats didn’t just run up the score in liberal strongholds. They outperformed their party’s 2024 presidential vote share in all but two of Georgia’s 159 counties.

“It was a referendum on affordability.” How Georgia’s PSC races are already changing the midterm landscape #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

On the Democratic side, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms opens with 40% support among likely primary voters — a nearly 30-point advantage over her closest rival, former DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond at 11%. Four other contenders are in single digits. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Democrats scored their first non-federal statewide wins since 2006. And party leaders can’t help but look back even further to 1992, when Republican Bobby Baker’s PSC victory signaled the GOP’s emerging power in Georgia. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

‘Landslide’ PSC sweep jolts Georgia Democrats ahead of 2026 midterms. A closer look at what it means - and what it doesn’t mean. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

With hefty leads in early returns, state and national Democrats declare victory flipping Georgia’s two Public Service Commission seats. The Democratic sweep would give the party its first statewide wins in nonfederal elections since 2006. #gapol

More than 1.4 million people have already cast ballots in Georgia, including at least 800,000 who voted on Election Day. It's stronger-than-expected turnout in a race that only features two statewide contests: PSC seats that Democrats aim to flip. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Republicans see the contests as a two-front battle: against Democrats mobilized by rising utility rates and against the surge of municipal elections in left-leaning cities, like Atlanta, that are helping drive turnout. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Only about one-third of likely Georgia Democratic primary voters believe supporting Israel is in the U.S. national interest. It’s the latest sign of a widening internal rift more than two years after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins holds an early advantage in the GOP race for Senate in Georgia with a 10-point lead over his nearest rival. But with nearly 40% of the likely Republican voters undecided, the contest is far from settled. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

For years, it was Republicans who questioned the integrity of Georgia’s elections. Now a growing share of Democrats are voicing doubts of their own. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

“If you do this for SNAP, what about early learning programs? What about TSA agents? What about the military, the National Guard? Where does this end?” #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia isn’t redrawing districts despite Trump’s push. At least for now. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The @ajc’s new poll of likely Democratic primary voters shows economic issues like jobs and inflation still rank as their top concerns. But “standing up to Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans” comes in a surprisingly close second. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

More than 1.3 million Georgians could temporarily lose access to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing government shutdown. That's one out of every eight Georgians. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

While Trump has pressed other GOP-led states to strengthen the party’s hold on Congress — including a new North Carolina map — senior Georgia Republicans say there’s no such effort underway here. At least not yet. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

It’s been nearly a year since President Donald Trump put Georgia back in his win column, and a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows his support among Republicans hasn’t budged. Neither has the fierce opposition to him. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump’s endorsement is powerful but limited in Georgia, poll finds

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Georgia Democrats are still pushing to extend expiring health insurance subsidies at the center of the shutdown. But they don’t want you to forget about the even bigger health care battle revolving around President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he is the only Democrat in the race for Georgia governor who can beat Trump’s allies. But can he win his new party’s trust? #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The Republican race to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has already taken a nasty turn. Georgia GOP chair Josh McKoon doesn’t want it to get worse. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Sen. Ossoff joined the Politically Georgia podcast for his take on shutdown showdown: “Where is the U.S. House ... Where is the president of the United States? Why is he not engaged down here on the Hill, finding a solution to this issue? It takes bipartisanship." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Georgia is expected to lose about 33,600 jobs next year if federal subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace exchange expire, according to a new forecast. #gapol www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

Sheryl and I started dating on this very day 24 years ago at a UGA game. Somehow she stayed with me, despite my Harricks Hounds shirt. Here we are celebrating over the weekend back at Sanford Stadium — almost a quarter-century later.

Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan’s decision to run for governor as a Democrat isn’t a stunt. He’s lined up a veteran campaign team, big-time donors and a statewide strategy. But Duncan’s biggest challenge might not be money or organization. It’s trust. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

In the pantheon of full-circle moments, it had to be one of the fullest and fastest on record, writes @MurphyAJC of a surreal night we won’t soon forget. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

“There’s shock, there's disgust, frustration, exhaustion. Just feeling like they have just been beaten down and their spirits broken. Especially since these last layoffs came out of nowhere for a lot of them.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

“Again and again, we’ve seen candidates and parties fail to spend enough on the ground game. And that part is going to be missing in the midterms if folks don’t wise up.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

Once one of the most influential political groups in the South, the New Georgia Project is shutting down this week, marking a stunning fall for an organization that pushed to advance Democratic causes for more than a decade. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

@bluestein.bsky.social Great article. So weird that, of all places, Atlanta’s Mayor is waffling over a permit for a peaceful protest march. www.ajc.com/news/2025/10... @msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com

Former gubernatorial nominee Jason Carter endorsed Jason Esteves’ campaign for governor this morning, calling him “the strongest candidate to meet this moment and build the coalition Democrats need to win next year.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

The four-way battle for Sandy Springs mayor got an unexpected jolt in the last week after a four-year-old email suddenly became campaign fodder in a race to lead one of Georgia’s biggest cities. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Very unusually, *Georgia* will hold statewide races this fall—a pair of elections for the 5-member Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities. The panel is all-GOP right now, but Republicans are worried about losing, reports @bluestein.bsky.social at the @ajc.com.

The Republican Senate rivals were there to deliver a message, trying to pin the ongoing government shutdown on the shoulders of the Democratic incumbent they hope to challenge. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

“Infuriating.” Abby Tighe of National Public Health Coalition, a group of fired CDC staffers and their allies, said more than 1,000 people were fired on Friday and about 600 remain so. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

Republican U.S. Senate race in Georgia is still searching for a front-runner: After Collins’ surprising fundraising report, there’s no clear breakout yet in a three-way race for cash, momentum and Trump’s favor. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia Republicans are leaning hard into the red-meat playbook to defend two little-known Public Service Commission members they’re terrified could lose next month. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with GOP, again: “I don’t think it’s believable to tell the American people that while we control the White House, the House and the Senate that we can’t return to work in Washington, DC because Chuck Schumer and six other Democrats won’t vote to open the government.”

Jason Esteves’ campaign for governor picked up an endorsement today from Shanette Williams, whose daughter Amber Nicole Thurman died from abortion-related complications in the weeks after strict state limits on the procedure took effect. #gapol ajc.com/politics/202...

The 90-minute conversation on Kamala Harris’ memoir “107 Days” toggled between a joyous reunion with supporters and campaign-style broadsides against Trump. The former VP set the tone the moment she took the stage: “He does not have a mandate.” www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff raised another $12 million over the last three months, bringing his campaign account to $21 million as he gears up for one of the nation’s most competitive midterm races. www.ajc.com/politics/202...