Republican Rick Jackson shattered records in Georgia by spending more than $108 million of his own money on his campaign for governor. An @ajc.com analysis shows how: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Three Supreme Court rulings in rapid succession jolted the political landscape heading into Georgia’s 2026 elections. And one of them handed the GOP a potentially powerful new financial edge. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Jon Ossoff won a Senate seat six years ago by making corruption the defining issue. His first general election TV ad released this morning suggests he’s sticking with a similar playbook. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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Perhaps the clearest sign the internal rift hasn’t healed: Burt Jones has not endorsed Rick Jackson, nor has he been asked to do so. The lieutenant governor sounds ready to put politics behind him entirely. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Gov. Brian Kemp was still stinging from President Donald Trump’s decision to snub his handpicked U.S. Senate candidate last week when his phone rang. It was Rick Jackson. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Republican leaders tamped down two of Georgia’s most politically explosive issues before the 2026 election. But that doesn’t mean the party’s activist base is happy about it. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

There was barrel racing, bronco bucking, bull riding, world-class horsemanship and calf roping. There was also a revealing glimpse of where the Georgia GOP is headed. Today's newsletter: #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

After shelving a push to redraw Georgia’s political maps, Republicans are pivoting to a plan to put dozens of property tax-cutting referendums on the ballot this November in a move that could boost GOP turnout. To do so they’ll need Democratic help. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Today’s newsletter: Sen. Jon Ossoff’s general election machine is roaring to life. The Democrat’s campaign raised more than $1M the first day after Rep. Mike Collins clinched the GOP nomination, powered by 27k online donors who gave an average of $38. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Even before Republican leaders abruptly backed away from redistricting, Wednesday’s special session felt unlike any other.

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Georgia Democrats celebrated after Republican leaders shelved plans to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional maps this summer. But many greeted the move with skepticism, warning GOP leaders could revive the effort later. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Today’s newsletter: Even before Republican leaders abruptly backed away from redistricting, Wednesday’s special session felt unlike any other. It was part post-runoff hangover, part preview of Georgia’s political future. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia’s House Republican leaders won’t redraw state political maps during a special legislative session today, retreating from a proposal that had threatened to ignite one of the state’s most explosive political fights ahead of the midterm. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Democrats are preparing for a general election unlike any they once expected. Instead of facing a veteran officeholder, they’ll confront a self-funded outsider with seemingly bottomless resources whose childhood poverty was central to his victory. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Gov. Brian Kemp entered his final year in office at the height of his influence, ready to spend his capital on an audacious political wager. Last night, Republican voters handed him the clearest rebukes of his career. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Billionaire Rick Jackson spent more than $100 million of his own money to defeat Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, toppling a Donald Trump-backed favorite and rebuking Gov. Brian Kemp to cap one of the biggest political upsets in state history. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Republican voters rejected election denier Vernon Jones for Secretary of State in Tuesday’s runoff in favor a candidate who says Georgia’s 2020 election merely had “irregularities.” #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Penny Brown Reynolds wins the Democratic SOS nomination, while Tim Fleming wins the GOP SoS nomination, per network calls. John Cowan bests Rob Adkerson for the GOP nod in the deep-red 11th District, per AP. #gapol

Results are trickling in here in Georgia, where I'm at Rick Jackson's campaign watch party. He's building an early lead over Burt Jones thanks to strong returns in metro Atlanta, but he's more vulnerable in rural Georgia. Here's a look at the May returns.

The polls are open in Georgia. The metro Atlanta divide. The power of late endorsements. The impact of the also-rans. Kemp’s legacy on the line. Here's a detailed look at what to watch throughout the day as voters decide Georgia's marquee GOP runoffs. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The redistricting push is on the rocks in Georgia, as some House Republicans are privately resisting the idea of redrawing the 2028 political boundaries during the special session that begins Wednesday. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Unpacking the two bombshell endorsements that rocked Georgia politics: why Kemp backed Burt Jones, why Trump endorsed Mike Collins and what both moves reveal about power and loyalty in the GOP days before Tuesday’s runoff. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Georgia’s biggest companies have stayed on sidelines ahead of redistricting battle. Some advocates want to use the World Cup spotlight to get them involved. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Surprise: Gov. Brian Kemp endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones late Sunday, ending months of public neutrality in the most expensive GOP race for governor in Georgia history. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Rep. Mike Collins on Sunday in Georgia’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, undercutting Gov. Brian Kemp’s high-stakes gamble on former football coach Derek Dooley just days before the runoff. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The day after Georgia’s runoffs, lawmakers are set to return to Atlanta to hash out an impasse over voting rules they couldn’t settle in April and redraw political boundaries for the 2028 map. It’s the special session (almost) no one wanted. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The coastal Georgia congressman finished third in last month's primary. But he won nearly a quarter of the GOP vote, meaning his supporters could decide who wins the runoff.

The maps are coming. Nobody knows what they look like. open.substack.com/pub/gregblue...

Georgia is about to host World Cup matches, pick Republican nominees for governor and U.S. Senate, and launch a special legislative session that could reshape the state’s political map — all in the same week. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter lost the Republican Senate primary, but he may still decide who wins the runoff. Both candidates are racing to win over Carter’s supporters, a bloc large enough to tip the race, even as he insists he won’t endorse either. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The @ny-knicks.bsky.social comeback victory last night enters the conversation with former UN Ambassador Andrew Young on Georgia’s impending redistricting fight. #gapol

One of the biggest tests of Democratic turnout before Georgia’s special redistricting session is unfolding in a suburban Gwinnett County district that should be safely blue. But early voting numbers are giving Democrats heartburn. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

CORNELIA — There are swing counties. And then there are split counties. In Georgia’s Republican runoff for governor, few places capture the divide between Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson quite like Habersham County. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Today on the show: Jared Kofsky from ABC on the Maine Senate Race. Beth Knobel in updates the Russia/Ukraine War. Greg Bluestein joins us live. Mike McKee from Bloomberg on the future of interest rates. Plus, Marcus Espinoza from NewsNation with the President at the NBA Finals. 9am-noon on 95.5 WSB.

Keisha Lance Bottoms isn’t waiting for Republicans to pick their nominee for governor before trying to define the race. The Democratic nominee for governor returns to the airwaves today with two ads that aim to capitalize on the ongoing GOP runoff. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

In a Gwinnett County state Senate runoff between two liberals, the battle over Georgia’s impending redistricting is no sideshow. It’s a front-and-center fight that shows how Democrats aim to turn a devastating Supreme Court ruling into a rallying cry. www.ajc.com/politics/202...