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As pressure mounts, Georgia’s top candidates spar over debate stage

As pressure mounts on Georgia's leading candidates, the debate over debates is in full swing, though the scorecard looks very different depending on the race.

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Churches, lawmakers press Kemp on Georgia troops in Washington

More than a year after Gov. Brian Kemp sent Georgia National Guard troops to Washington, a coalition of churches, advocates and Democrats is pressing him to bring them home.

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Georgia Republicans get it together, separately

Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon, who only days ago said he had hardly spoken with Rick Jackson, is now sharing a stage with him.

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Georgia U.S. Senate race is slipping off the GOP radar

National Republican groups pledged nearly $60 million to help U.S. Rep. Mike Collins unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, but only a fraction of that money has materialized so far.

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Polls paint starkly different pictures of Georgia’s top races

The polls show the governor's race in a dead heat while Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has a lead over Republican challenger Mike Collins.

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How a Rick Jackson loan became an Alabama Democratic talking point

The Alabama hospital that drew scrutiny to Republican Rick Jackson is now featured in a Democratic campaign ad in one of the South’s most competitive congressional races.

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Bottoms’ data center stance reflects a fast-changing Georgia debate

The Democratic nominee for governor once advocated for a data center at Georgia Tech’s Technology Square. Now, she wants to pause new data center developments.

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As GOP derides ‘Communist crazies,’ Rick Jackson sticks to his script

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Jon Ossoff calls for inspectors at AI research labs amid industry fears

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Trump tells midterm voters to ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’

The president's comment effectively invited voters to treat the midterms as a referendum on himself. Democrats are only too happy to oblige.

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Jon Ossoff on Mike Collins’ Trump trip: ‘We are delighted’

Mike Collins is set to speak during the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas this week. The trip says plenty about the very different bets the two Senate campaigns are making.

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Rick Jackson unveils anti-trafficking proposal, debuts new attack ad

The GOP nominee for governor’s new 30-second ad targets Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms’ public safety record as Atlanta mayor.

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Bottoms warns against potential GOP postelection power grab

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has a message for Republicans who might try to limit her powers in a lame-duck special session if she wins the governor’s race in November.

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Democrats challenge the ‘moderate Republican’ brand in Atlanta suburbs

At a fundraiser, state House candidates Adam Cleveland and Beth Fuller argued voters should judge GOP incumbents not by their brands, but by their party's policies.

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Prominent Black Democrats rally behind Keisha Lance Bottoms

Republicans want to make Bottoms' record as Atlanta mayor a major liability in the governor's race, but her successor, Andre Dickens, offered an unequivocal defense on Sunday.

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Mike Collins struggles to outrun his aides’ problematic posts

The Republican U.S. Senate nominee has been plagued by scandals among his current and former staff. Now, he's facing a new one.