Margaret Newkirk
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Richest Atlanta District Inches Closer to Seceding From City
A move to create a new city out of the wealthiest and whitest areas in Atlanta got a little more traction this week, after being blocked by Georgia legislative leaders last year. → Read More
Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Say Jury Member’s Media Tour Is ‘Truly Shocking’
Donald Trump’s lawyers in Atlanta said news media interviews by the foreperson of a special grand jury that investigated his efforts to overturn Georgia’s election results were “truly shocking.” → Read More
Trump Grand Juror Stirs Uproar by Hinting at Panel’s Discussions
The foreperson of the special grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s election results has complicated the work of prosecutors with a series of surprisingly frank media interviews but is unlikely to get any potential cases thrown out. → Read More
Biden to Hone 2024 Pitch to Black Voters at MLK’s Atlanta Church
A second term for President Joe Biden could hinge on support from Black voters in the key battleground state of Georgia. → Read More
Georgia Secretary of State Pushes to End Runoff Elections in State
Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling for an end to runoff elections in the state, saying counties struggled to meet deadlines during the newly truncated balloting that ended in a US Senate victory for Democrats last week. “Georgia is one of the only states in the country with a general election runoff,” Raffensperger said Wednesday in an emailed release. “We’re… → Read More
Georgia Senate Runoff Hits Final Stretch With GOP Looking for Turnout
As the US Senate runoff between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock hit its final stretch, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp released an ad in support of his fellow Republican that barely mentioned the candidate. → Read More
Georgia Senate Runoff Draws Big Money, Big Names From Both Parties to Boost Vote
Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker are scrambling to get their supporters back to the polls one more time and find any Georgia voters still left to persuade with a little more than a week to go before the state’s Dec. 6 US Senate runoff. → Read More
Oprah Is Helping Stacey Abrams Campaign for Georgia Governor
Oprah Winfrey, one of the country’s most influential celebrities, is using her star power to help Stacey Abrams raise money in her quest to become Georgia governor. → Read More
How Generations of Black Americans Lost Their Land to Tax Liens
Sales of repossessed assets have stripped thousands of families of their property—along with the potential to increase wealth. → Read More
Georgia Election Results: Herschel Walker, Brian Kemp Win Republican Primaries
Georgia headlined a spate of primaries across the US South on Tuesday, where several of Donald Trump’s hand-picked challengers lost races to incumbents who had refused to overturn his 2020 electoral loss. → Read More
Here Are the Key Races to Watch in Georgia’s Tuesday Primaries
Georgia voters are set to deliver the biggest test to Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican party, in a primary season marked by the former president’s efforts to bolster his sway with party faithful and exact political retribution for those who refused to overturn his 2020 electoral loss. → Read More
Soros Gave $1 Million to Abrams PAC, Dwarfing GOP’s Donations
Billionaire George Soros gave $1 million to Stacey Abrams’s leadership political action committee in March, weeks before a judge ruled that the candidate for governor had to stop using those funds until after Georgia’s primary election on May 24. → Read More
Trump Tests His Kingmaker Reputation in Georgia
Former President Donald Trump is focusing most of his ire over losing the 2020 election on Georgia, where he will put his status as a GOP kingmaker on the line this weekend to turn voters against the state’s Republican governor and other party incumbents. → Read More
Abrams Opens Georgia Ad Push in Shadow of Trump’s Feud With Kemp
Stacey Abrams began her official public campaign for Georgia governor this week with rallies around the state, a push for Medicaid expansion and some bashing of incumbent Republican Brian Kemp. Abrams’s campaign also is putting at least $1 million into her first television and digital ad, which debuted Tuesday. The 60-second spot focuses on her accomplishments since losing the governor’s race to… → Read More
Trump Extends Reach Into Georgia by Backing Ex-Yale Quarterback
Add one more race to the list of Georgia election campaigns with Donald Trump’s hand in it, as the former president pushes to avenge his 2020 loss in the state. Trump has endorsed Patrick Witt -- who served in his administration and helped with his post-election “Stop the Steal” efforts -- against incumbent Republican insurance commissioner John King. → Read More
America’s Political Future (Still) Hinges on Georgia
Crucial elections in the swing state could flip the Senate and will gauge Trump’s grip on the GOP. → Read More
Atlanta’s Crowded Election Pits Former Mayor Versus ‘Anyone But’
The race to lead Georgia’s biggest city is seen as a battle between old and new political powers shaped by Stacey Abrams. → Read More
The Battle for Control of Georgia’s GOP Shows the Power of Trump’s Grip
His loyalists are revolting against establishment Republicans in what the state’s lieutenant governor calls a losing strategy. → Read More
Georgia Governor Signs Sweeping Overhaul of State Elections
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an overhaul of election laws Thursday shortly after it cleared the state legislature -- and less than three months after Georgia voters gave Democrats control of the U.S. Senate.Justified as restoring “integrity” after unfounded allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the new law has been described as an act of voter suppression by… → Read More
Georgia Secretary of State Certifies Biden’s Win After Audit
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Joe Biden’s win in the state Friday, a day after completing a hand audit of the state’s more than 5 million ballots, starting the clock for electors to be named and any further recount demand from President Donald Trump’s campaign. → Read More