Harris-Walz vs. Trump-Vance: It's now an expanded battle for both the Sun Belt and Rust Belt
With both major party tickets now decided, the 2024 presidential general election campaign is set to play out as a 90-day sprint, and the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt are prime fronts.
Trump's debate references to 'Black jobs' and 'Hispanic jobs' stir Democratic anger
Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking โBlack jobs" and โHispanic jobsโ prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory.
He once swore off politics. Now, this Georgia activist is trying to recruit people who seldom vote
Davante Jennings cast his first vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race and then walked away from politics after Republican Donald Trump's election that year.
Biden should keep expanding approach to Black voters, group of Democratic strategists says
Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024.
Legitimacy of mass voter challenge on trial in political battleground Georgia
A former Georgia voter has testified that he felt overwhelmed and discouraged when he learned that his eligibility to cast a ballot in the state had been challenged ahead of a critical election for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia.
What to watch in Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoff election
The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington.
In Georgia, how sports explain a political battleground
Georgia's U.S. Senate race between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock highlights how sports and college loyalties explain a political battleground.
Nonprofits strain to support voters in Georgia Senate race
Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.
Walker, Kemp campaign in Ga. together for the 1st time
Fresh off his commanding re-election victory, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday played the role of dutiful Republican soldier as he campaigned for the first time alongside Senate hopeful Herschel Walker after spending months steering clear of his ticket-mate.
Democrats sue for Saturday voting in Georgia Senate runoff
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnockโs campaign and Democratic groups are suing the state of Georgia to overturn guidance by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that counties canโt offer Saturday voting ahead of next monthโs Senate runoff election.
Democrats carry close governor races on abortion, democracy
Democrats held onto a string of competitive governorsโ seats in the midterm elections after making the case to voters that Republican challengers posed a threat to abortion rights and democracy in their states.
Pence backs GOP's Kemp as Democrat Abrams hits on Medicaid
Former Vice President Mike Pence is supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as he makes his closing argument Tuesday for a second term over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams.
GOP seizes on voter hesitancy to attack EVs as costly to US
Many Republican candidates are seeking to capitalize on Americansโ precarious financial situations heading into next weekโs midterm elections to vilify a key component of President Joe Bidenโs climate agenda: electric vehicles.
Kemp, Abrams argue abortion, voting in Ga. governor debate
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams offered differing visions for Georgia on abortion, the economy and voting in a policy-heavy debate.
Wes Moore, Black Democrats aiming to make Maryland history
Wes Moore could soon make history if elected Marylandโs first Black governor, and heโs not alone: Rep. Anthony Brown would be the stateโs first Black attorney general.
Obama, campaigning in Georgia, warns of threats to democracy
Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.
GOP's Georgia challenge: Persuading Trump backers to vote
Eager Republican volunteers are knocking on doors in Georgia, trying to persuade reluctant conservatives and supporters of Donald Trump to register to vote in next monthโs midterm elections.
Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws
Voters in Georgia, Texas and some other states are facing new hurdles to cast a ballot during the midterm elections under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following President Donald Trumpโs false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.
Obama headed to Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin as vote nears
Former President Barack Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the closing days of the 2022 campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot.
Georgia election probe enters new phase with search warrants
The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke the law trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state is seeking search warrants in the case.
GOP attacks Georgia's Abrams on voting as judge rejects suit
Republicans are using the defeat of a voting suit brought by a group founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams to attack her legitimacy as a voting rights advocate.
Abrams' strategy to boost turnout: Early voting commitments
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the stateโs new election laws.
After pay raise led Kemp's 2018 bid, he offers new K-12 plan
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants Georgia to provide grants to school districts to help students catch up on what they didnโt learn because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia's shifting politics force GOP to look beyond Atlanta
Georgia's Republican Party once relied on votes in Atlanta's close-in suburbs, but today the GOP increasingly relies on the mountains of north Georgia for its votes.
Judge again denies Graham's effort to skirt Georgia subpoena
A federal judge has ruled constitutional protections donโt shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trumpโs 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Judge delays Gov. Kemp's testimony in Georgia election probe
A judge has ruled that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury thatโs investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in the state.
Abrams aims to win back Dems who voted in Ga.'s GOP primary
Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams have little wiggle room in their rematch this fall in the closely contested state.
Kemp assails national economy while touting Georgia record
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the โBiden recessionโ and spreading blame to Democrat Stacey Abrams while at the same time arguing his own state's economy is good.
Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide.
GOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries
Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a โselloutโ for occasionally working with Democrats, Katie Arrington appeared at a โunity rallyโ to urge South Carolina Republicans to come together and back Rep. Nancy Mace in the fall general election.
Race factors into Dem runoff for Georgia secretary of state
The Democratic primary battle for Georgia secretary of state may come down to questions about how party faithful view diversity and the representation of Black women.
Abrams-Kemp slugfest promises to be pricey, long and ugly
The governor's race in Georgia between Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams promises to be a brutal battle that will further amp up the state's charged political environment.
Takeaways: Trump's big defeat; election denial backfiring
Former President Donald Trumpโs crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trumpโs entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.
Trump rebuked with stinging losses in Georgia GOP contests
Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trumpโs hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeats David Perdue in GOP primary
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not overturning the 2020 election results.
2022 midterms: What to watch in Georgia, Texas, elsewhere
Georgia takes center stage in Tuesdayโs primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.
Stacey Abrams aims to recapture energy of first campaign
Georgia's Stacey Abrams has benefitted from being unopposed in the state's Democratic primary for governor by using the period to spread her message while Republicans have fought.
Pence to rally with Kemp in Georgia in break with Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence will campaign with Georgiaโs incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this monthโs GOP primary in his most significant political break with former President Donald Trump to date.
Perdue invokes Trump election lies in Georgia GOP primary
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is building his campaign around Donald Trump and veering to the right as he tries to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 GOP primary.
Georgia's Kemp and Perdue clash over elections in debate
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republican challenger David Perdue are bickering over who was to blame for 2020 and 2021 Republican election losses in their first of three debates Sunday.
Abrams seeks to end unlimited donations to Georgia's Kemp
Democrat Stacey Abrams is asking a federal judge to shut down fundraising by a committee controlled by incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that can take unlimited contributions.
Judge denies Abrams bid to seek unlimited contributions
A federal judge has ruled that Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under a new state law.
First but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick
For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of promise, hope and the breaking of yet another barrier.
Georgia cityhood push divides: White flight or self-rule?
Georgia's Republican-controlled state Legislature has passed legislation that would give three mostly white areas of a metro Atlanta county the chance to form their own cities this year.