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ATLANTA (AP) -- A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $156 million Ponzi scheme has been charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud, pleading not guilty on Thursday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Even with all his family wealth, there is no way for Burt Jones to outspend billionaire Rick Jackson in the Republican primary for Georgia governor. So Jones tried something else -- harnessing his leadership of the state Senate to seek an edge over Jackson.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four years ago, Democrat Stacey Abrams commanded the spotlight with her campaign for Georgia governor, dumping millions of dollars into the race as the media followed her every move.
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- Unease from the war with Iran loomed over Georgia's special election as voters decided whether Republican Clay Fuller will succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress or if Democrat Shawn Harris will clinch an upset victory.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Republican Clay Fuller will try to close the deal with Georgia voters on Tuesday to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress, while Democrat Shawn Harris seeks an upset.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It was a moment of triumph for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday, as he announced his office had persuaded a securities firm to refund $6.7 million to investors who lost money in an alleged $156 million Ponzi scheme that victimized some in the top ranks of Republican politics in Georgia and Alabama.
ATLANTA (AP) -- With Democrats steadily wiping out Republicans electorally in the core Atlanta counties of swing-state Georgia, Republicans have a new idea: Make most local candidates run for office without party labels.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia appeals court ruled on Friday that the state's largest county doesn't have to appoint two Republican nominees to the county election board, a decision that could tamp down GOP challenges to how elections are administered in predominantly Democratic areas.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It seemed like the stars had aligned for Republicans to get rid of their biggest targets -- Georgia's touch screen voting machines.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Burt Jones seemed like the inevitable Republican nominee for governor in Georgia.
ROME, Ga. (AP) -- Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to an April 7 runoff for Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia after no candidate won a majority in Tuesday's special election.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling-out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district are voting for her successor in a special election Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed.
ATLANTA (AP) -- More and more states are examining plans to cut property taxes during what's an election year for governors and legislators in most states. But some states' tax-cutting zeal is hitting political resistance to slashing local government and public school funding.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Republican U.S. House member Barry Loudermilk, who has been active in efforts to discredit Democratic-led investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, announced Wednesday that he won't seek reelection this year.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health care business owner Rick Jackson announced his Republican run for governor in Georgia on Tuesday, shaking up a field of candidates that had seemed settled for months.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Under the fluorescent lights of an American Legion hall near Atlanta, in front of more than a dozen Democratic activists, Geoff Duncan apologized for all the things that he did as a Republican.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It is a goal spreading among anti-tax crusaders -- eliminate all property taxes on homeowners.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his final State of the State speech on Thursday -- but it may not have been a farewell.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for education, health care and other services.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Voters in northwest Georgia will go to the polls to select a successor to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on March 10.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A congressional ethics watchdog said in a report released Monday that there's substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an office intern and that she "did not perform duties commensurate with her compensation."
ATLANTA (AP) -- It's the biggest mystery in Georgia politics right now: Who's paying for the attacks on Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones?
ATLANTA (AP) -- The showdown between Fani Willis and a Republican-led Georgia state Senate committee over her conduct while prosecuting Donald Trump had loomed for months, and when it finally arrived Wednesday, Fulton County's Democratic district attorney was ready to fight.
ATLANTA (AP) -- After more than a year of legal maneuvering, Fani Willis is facing questions Wednesday from a Georgia state Senate committee over her prosecution of Donald Trump.
ATLANTA (AP) -- After more than a year of legal maneuvering, Fani Willis will face questions Wednesday from a Georgia state Senate committee over her prosecution of Donald Trump.
ATLANTA (AP) -- After more than a year of legal maneuvering, Fani Willis will face questions Wednesday from a Georgia state Senate committee over her prosecution of Donald Trump.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Eric Gisler claimed an upset victory Tuesday in a special election in a historically Republican Georgia state House district.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge has permanently ordered Georgia's prison system to keep providing some kinds of gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners, although the state plans to appeal.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is finally scheduled to appear on Dec. 17 to testify before a special state Senate committee examining her prosecution of President Donald Trump, but lawyers aren't done arguing over lawmakers' power to haul her in.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is the latest Republican candidate for Georgia governor to attack campaign finance rules, saying they unconstitutionally limit his free speech while allowing Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to raise unlimited contributions.
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- It's the longest walk in Georgia politics -- the 600 steps from the mayor's office in Atlanta's towering City Hall to the governor's office in the gold-domed state Capitol.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It all happened so fast. Less than a week after President Donald Trump denounced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican announced that she would resign from Congress on Jan. 5.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The head of the Georgia Ethics Commission said Thursday that his agency is still trying to prove whether or not a voter advocacy group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams illegally coordinated election work with Abrams' unsuccessful 2018 campaign for governor.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two Democrats romped to wins over Republican incumbents in elections to the Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday, delivering the largest statewide margins of victory by Democrats in more than 20 years.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Democrats are seeking to make a statewide election of two utility regulators a referendum on rising electricity bills.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday endorsed Mike Collins in Georgia's 10th Congressional District runoff, a move that once again puts him at odds with former President Donald Trump while helping him settle the score against a former opponent.
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) -- Nearly a month after his preferred candidate for governor in Georgia was defeated by more than 50 points, former President Donald Trump has an opportunity next week to demonstrate he still has some sway in this onetime Republican stronghold.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Vernon Jones, who dropped out of Georgia's governor's race on Monday at Donald Trump's behest, confirmed Tuesday that he's entering the crowded Republican primary in the state's 10th Congressional District.
ATLANTA (AP) -- One of the Republican challengers to incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp dropped out of the race Monday, a move that could help clear the way for Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue in Georgia's GOP primary.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A judge says that the agency tasked with finding a prosecutor to take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others can have a little more time, but not as much time as it wanted.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is building a cash hoard even as he is already spending heavily on his 2026 reelection campaign.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two Georgia Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff in 2026 each said they raised nearly $2 million in the weeks after entering the race this summer.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The wait continues for Georgia farmers who need more aid after Hurricane Helene, even as state and federal officials in other states announce agreements.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia state House member who advocated for Palestinians at the 2024 Democratic National Convention is entering the state's race for governor.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fallout from the 2020 presidential election feels like it may never end in Georgia.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump's call to help overturn the state's 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he's running for governor in 2026.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves of Atlanta resigned from his Georgia state Senate seat Wednesday, the first of many candidates who will face that choice as they pursue statewide office in 2026.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A former top elections official who made a name for himself defending Georgia's 2020 presidential election tally against threats from supporters of President Donald Trump is now running to be the state's elections chief.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday endorsed Republican Derek Dooley in Georgia's 2026 U.S. Senate race, arguing an outsider without congressional experience can best critique Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff's record.
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) -- Second-term Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seeking to solidify support as he seeks the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026.
ATLANTA (AP) -- One of the top Republicans running for Georgia governor on Thursday sued the other leading GOP candidate, challenging the legality of the rival's campaign funding.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Michael Thurmond on Wednesday announced his 2026 bid for Georgia governor, seeking to add the state's top office to the long list of positions he has held.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Michael Thurmond has a long resume of public service, and now he wants to add governor of Georgia to the list.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
CEDARTOWN, Ga. (AP) -- A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He's looking to claw back funds, including almost 1,000 political donations totaling more than $1 million, that often backed far-right Republican insurgents.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's Ethics Commission says a political action committee linked to what federal investigators have called a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Tuesday that she won't run for governor in Georgia in 2026, putting an end to her flirtation with the race in a long social media post saying she was turned off by a political "good ole boy" system and alleging that it was endangering Republican control of the state.