Georgia Legislature

Vernon Jones, a former Georgia state representative who left the Democratic Party, is running for secretary of state as a Republican.

There are five seats in the Georgia General Assembly where Democrats were within about 9 points of winning last year.

The State Election Board is mired in squabbles and political advocacy even after the Georgia Supreme Court rebuked the board for exceeding its authority.

State agencies have asked for more than $1 billion in new funding next year amid uncertainty over the toll federal spending cuts will take on Georgia’s budget.

The congressional battle over spending could erase funding for members' home-district projects, known as earmarks.

Lobbyists spent at least $83,000 on trips for Georgia public officials over the summer months, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of state records found.

Five candidates who ran in a special election for a Georgia Senate seat must pay fines for failing to file financial disclosures.

The Georgia Republican Party is seeking broad reductions to early voting, absentee voting and voter registration through a GOP-led committee of state legislators.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has begun sending allegations of double-voting to prosecutors, circumventing the backlogged State Election Board.

A federal judge ruled in favor of part of Georgia's 2021 voting law that restricts organizations from mass-mailing absentee ballot applications to voters.