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Georgia 7th Congressional District candidates 2026: Who’s running. Alerts Log in Politically Georgia Trump Administration Legislature Voter Guide
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Poll shows Georgia GOP voters are high on Mike Collins and Donald Trump Alerts Log in Politically
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AJC poll: GOP governor’s race is neck-and-neck as May 19 primary nears Alerts Log
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8 candidates raise their hands to be Georgia’s school superintendent Alerts Log in Education
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Never Trump' forces flame out at state GOP meetings Alerts Log in Politics Politically Georgia Trump Administration Legislature Voter
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makes its biggest-ever Georgia investment outside a runoff as the fractured GOP field fights for
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Georgia Senate GOP plan aims to end state income tax by 2032 Alerts Log in Politically
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Buddy Carter campaign ad ignites new GOP Senate clash Alerts Log in Politically Georgia Trump Administration Legislature Voter Guide
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a far trickier question on his hands. Many of Georgia’s leading Republican candidates are pressuring the
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Georgia schools superintendent candidates 2026: Who's running. Alerts Log in Education Politics Business Sports Entertainment Food Things
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Insider The Jolt: Is the Republican civil war in Georgia over? GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp
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voters dominate the party’s electorate, but to secure the GOP’s nomination, candidates must
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is headed to a runoff after none of the five candidates got more than 50
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Ossoff The GOP challengers still lag far behind Ossoff’s fundraising haul Republican U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia
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Trump Administration Legislature Voter Guide Politics Attack ads explode into real life in Georgia GOP governor debate Charges of
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Georgia GOP primaries could decide 3 open U.S. House seats Alerts Log in Politically Georgia Trump
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Bullock said, "and I firmly believe that." The raft of GOP candidates from out of
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the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, which has attracted several more traditional GOP candidates. Still, the
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that.” Some Republicans warn that won’t easily translate into next year’s election, particularly if GOP candidates hone their economic
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white voters to assure election of a majority of GOP candidates. Redistricting for
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of senior policy adviser. Collins, who is one of the three main GOP candidates vying to
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Frost family and its companies have donated nearly $1.4 million to GOP candidates, campaigns and
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Trump, entered the contest as a Democrat . Loading... On the GOP side, Raffensperger faces two
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don’t see these types of moves this early.” ‘New generation of candidates’ GOP lawmakers redrew the
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to name scholarship program for David Scott. Fani Willis draws focus from Georgia’s GOP attorney general candidates. Van
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified — with most of the money flowing to GOP candidates and causes
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his family and his companies have contributed roughly $711,000 to Republican candidates and conservative
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s action infuriated some conservatives and prompted each of the leading GOP candidates for governor
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for personal use, including funneling more than $570,000 into political contributions to conservative candidates and causes
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with the actions of senior policy adviser Brandon Phillips, a veteran GOP enforcer with a
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Georgia district , even Trump’s blessing has hardly thinned the competition. His most formidable GOP challenger is likely former
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Georgia ad war PATRICIA MURPHY State school superintendent under fire from lawmakers ahead of GOP primary Keep Reading Secretary
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Administration Legislature Voter Guide Politics Georgia Republicans are on edge as Democrats target 2 PSC seats GOP fears ‘blood in
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seems to be running in one race while the three main candidates chasing her, former GOP
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annual Carter-Lewis gala. There was the tech whiz who flipped a GOP-held Georgia House seat
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her lead, and her rivals scramble for a runoff slot as candidates share debate stage. Democratic
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influential Republicans — see a race tilting in his favor. The GOP contest has doubled as
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a ballot over the last two decades. But in a fractured GOP field with no runaway
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recounting for the first time at length why he upended the GOP contest with a
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office for personal gain. A few weeks ago, the Georgia GOP filed an ethics complaint
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who leads the conservative Frontline Policy Council and warns the GOP may have to
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campaign X account. Collins, a Republican from Jackson, is one of three candidates in the
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for governor through his WBJ Leadership Committee. Georgia law limits campaign contributions to candidates for public
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ups and downs of the Kemp-Trump relationship November 4, 2018 Macon - GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp
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her teenage son. The Republican-controlled Legislature reshaped her district into a GOP stronghold in 2021
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challenge to Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, the Trump-backed contender who has led GOP primary polls for
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But the more revealing number might be the 55% of likely GOP voters who haven’t
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the odder questions during Monday’s Atlanta Press Club debate of U.S. Senate candidates, aired on GPB, came
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former congressman and a sitting state lawmaker are President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates in two
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Echols were defeated by Democratic challengers Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson. Public Service Commission candidates Democrats Peter Hubbard and
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Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson. Their feud has transformed Georgia’s GOP race for governor
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candidate forums in Stonecrest and Columbus last week, where the candidates clashed over their records
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Republicans and three Democrats seek to become Georgia’s next lieutenant governor. Republican candidates for lieutenant
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race to succeed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger previewed a messy GOP battle ahead. King launched
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that led to the preventable deaths of Black women,” he said. Candidates speak at the
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of Jackson and Buddy Carter of St. Simons Island are Republican candidates for the
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in years as Republicans battle for dominance in pivotal statewide races. Potential candidates wait in the
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in national Democratic politics with more than $31 million in his campaign account. Republican candidates for the
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Women for Burt Jones" event in Atlanta. Jones is a GOP candidate for governor
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to his campaign haul as he tries to leverage his early announcement before other GOP rivals enter the
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month in Phoenix. (Alex Brandon/AP) By Greg Bluestein April 27, 2026 Share Georgia candidates keep talking about jobs
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to be a golden nugget coveted and treasured by the GOP. King is a
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cuts. In this governor’s race, they’re all in. Once cautious, Democratic candidates for governor
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they saw shades of Trump and Vance. Rick Jackson, a GOP hopeful running for
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in the state’s only open House contest without a presidential endorsement. Republican candidates for Georgia
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is focused on winning over Georgia voters. He’s centering his campaign instead on two other GOP figures. The first
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to bridge the MAGA and mainstream wings of the GOP. Jones now wields a
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March 5, 2026 Share Today’s newsletter highlights: A pair of Democratic candidates for the
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that Black voters have gained representation in recent statewide races with victories by Democratic candidates, including U.S. Sen. Raphael
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in cash on hand when she files her disclosure within the next week. Georgia candidates face a key
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commission . Democrat Doug Stoner, a former state senator, is among the likely candidates for the
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Georgia governor’s race in surprise move Health care executive joins the GOP field; plans to
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fortunes — and the TV ad war reflects it. The 2026 Republican candidates for Georgia
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look for answers Reaction: FBI affidavit for Fulton’s 2020 records fuels GOP calls for state
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white representation by sorting voters in a way that safeguards the GOP’s 9-5 advantage
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events underscored the challenge Loeffler faces trying to unite a GOP riven by internal fissures
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broader elections bill that would have also limited early voting locations. That effort failed when seven GOP senators skipped the
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a fair chance.” Bryan Tyson, an attorney defending the state’s redistricting, said Black candidates such as U.S. Sen
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Scott’s ‘great American story’ Already facing challengers: A new wave of candidates had entered the
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showing signs of unease in Georgia’s Trumpiest district — something even local GOP activists acknowledge is becoming
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Carr has sharpened his attacks on fellow gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, the GOP front-runner. Jones is
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of his top priorities. Neither leader has announced a specific proposal. But with gubernatorial candidates of both
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the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, an astonishing figure that afforded Georgia Democrats financial flexibility that previous candidates could only dream about
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was never a job Kemp envisioned for himself. He heard out Senate GOP leaders and other
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year term. At-large voting denies Black voters an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates, according to the
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Federal lawmakers have struggled for decades to enact sweeping immigration changes, leaving candidates to debate
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to succeed him, Kemp offered a cautionary note to the candidates now jockeying for
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Jones (left) and health care executive Rick Jackson are among the Republican candidates for governor
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the data you have is wrong.” President Donald Trump heads to Georgia as GOP doubts over elections persist
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s entrenched Supreme Court Former Democratic attorney general nominee joins broader effort to oust GOP-appointed justices on Georgia
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state regulatory commission for the first time since 2020. Georgia Public Service Commission candidates (top row, left to
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of the biggest shake-ups of the five-day qualifying period, when candidates must formally declare which
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Qualifying was weeks ago, early voting is already underway, ballots have been prepared and candidates for Georgia
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fast approaching with early voting starting in weeks. Calling lawmakers back soon would pull candidates off the campaign
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found their new head coach. After working through a pool of nine candidates, the team
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Legislature Voter Guide Patricia Murphy State school superintendent under fire from lawmakers ahead of GOP primary A slew