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2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (736+ words) DALLAS — At the Republican Party’s midterm convention, Georgia delegates were in two of the final rows of floor seating. But the activists attending the two-day affair said they still felt plenty of energy from the main stage. Vikki Consiglio, a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (658+ words) Since Republicans swept every constitutional office in 2010, Georgia politics has followed a remarkably consistent rule: when both parties have competitive primaries, the party that generates the larger primary turnout usually wins the general election. Primary turnout is the strongest indicator…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) Everton Blair, a former Gwinnett County Board of Education chair, is headed to Washington to finish out the late Congressman David Scott term representing Georgia’s 13th Congressional District after defeating Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late congressman, in a special…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (568+ words) Growing public concern about license plate reader systems has led a key state senator to consider legislation to limit abuses by police. After nearly weekly news reports of law enforcement officers accused of misusing license plate reader data for personal…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (108+ words) In this episode of The Georgia Politics Podcast, we present a debate for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, held in Dawson County. Democratic candidate Tony Kozycki was on hand to answer questions about the issues facing Georgia and the country and to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (184+ words) Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, tangled with Fox News host Jesse Watters in an interview Monday, repeatedly pivoting from “cultur Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a CNN interview that he wants "to partner with the…...