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From U.S. Senate to state legislator, hundreds of political hopefuls have trekked to the Capitol to put their name on the ballot during qualifying week, setting the stage for messy intraparty battles in May before an equally contentious November election.

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Georgia political races take shape as candidates make it official

by Stephen Fowler | GA TodayMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

Election years in the General Assembly are typically marked by politically motivated legislation. But the trend is on steroids this year.

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Representing You: Election-year politics dominate Georgia legislature

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022

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Athens-Clarke County needs poll workers

by County NewsFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is asking state law enforcement agencies to post officers at polling places, early voting locations and county election offices where absentee ballots are being handled.

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Georgia’s elections chief wants to beef up security at polls

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp is dominating gubernatorial fundraising fewer than four months before the May 24 Republican primary.

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Brian Kemp dominates David Perdue in campaign fundraising

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022

Former state Rep. Vernon Jones dropped out of the Republican gubernatorial race Monday and announced instead he will run for a seat in Congress.

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Vernon Jones drops out of governor’s race to run for Congress

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 7, 2022September 24, 2023

In the days since, both sets of lawyers made First Amendment arguments in court filings, with Kemp’s side arguing that halting his committee would stifle the free speech of people who want to donate.

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Both Kemp and Perdue claim their free speech is at risk in fundraising lawsuit

by Ross Williams | Georgia RecorderFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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Here’s how much the Republicans running for Georgia’s 6th district have raised

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 2, 2022February 2, 2022

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath raised more than $745,000 during the fourth quarter of last year in what promises to be a competitive Democratic primary race against fellow Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux in Georgia’s newly redrawn 7th Congressional District.

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Lucy McBath leads Carolyn Bourdeaux in fundraising for primary race

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 1, 2022February 1, 2022

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed on Friday 14 people from seven states who participated as fake electors following the 2020 presidential election.

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Georgia’s fake electors have been subpoenaed by Congress

by Jennifer Shutt | Georgia RecorderJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 2022

A panel of Fulton County Superior Court judges Monday approved allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to summon a special grand jury to investigate whether former President Donald Trump and his associates attempted to illegally orchestrate overturning Georgia’s 2020 election results.

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Georgia prosecutor gets go-ahead for grand jury in Trump investigation

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a special grand jury to hear evidence of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 Georgia election election results.

Fulton County prosecutor wants grand jury for Trump investigation

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderJanuary 21, 2022September 24, 2023

Pettig says the “phony electors” need to be viewed as one part of a broader attempt to subvert or overturn elections. Other efforts he cites include planting broad distrust in election results, as many Georgia Republican legislators have done.

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Georgia’s phony electors were part of a larger plot

by Melanie Conklin | Georgia RecorderJanuary 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp attacked former U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s corporate record Tuesday in the first ad of what promises to be a bruising campaign for next year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination.

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Kemp campaign ad attacks Perdue’s corporate record

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Georgia would abandon the use of absentee ballot drop boxes under legislation Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller pre-filed in the General Assembly Monday.

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Georgia lieutenant Governor candidate wants to ban absentee ballot drop boxes

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Former Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue says he would not have signed off on the certification of the 2020 election results had he been governor, Axios Atlanta reported Wednesday.

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David Perdue says he would not have certified 2020 election results

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021

A new poll conducted since former U.S. Sen. David Perdue entered the 2022 Republican primary race for governor shows him neck and neck with incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp.

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Perdue gets a Trump bump in the polls

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

Former Sen. David Perdue is set to launch a primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp, the latest escalation in former President Donald Trump's attack on Republicans that failed to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

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David Perdue will challenge Brian Kemp in the Republican primary

by Stephen Fowler | GA TodayDecember 5, 2021September 24, 2023