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Brookhaven’s Taylor Bennett in for a fight in swing district

Brookhaven’s race for state representative is heating up. Democratic incumbent Taylor Bennett had three GOP challengers, with Alan Cole and Meagan Hanson headed to a run-off to determine the final Republican candidate. Elected in a special election last year to replace Republican Mike Jacobs — who left the legislature to become a judge for the DeKalb County State Court — Bennett beat former Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis by a wide margin, garnering 55 percent

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Progressive candidate ends Georgia’s conservative supermajority

Taylor Bennett, a bold, unabashed progressive candidate, defeated a Republican former mayor in House District 80 last night. He did it by campaigning for equality and promising to fight so-called religious “freedom” laws that are intended to write discrimination into Georgia law. With this historic victory, the conservative supermajority in the Georgia House of Representatives is now a thing of the past. And YOU helped make it happen. The odds were stacked against Bennett. The

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In an election to break the GOP supermajority, turnout could be low

On Tuesday, voters in Georgia House District 80 will decide whether or not to end the conservative supermajority in the Georgia House of Representatives by electing progressive candidate Taylor Bennett. After a quick call with our team, here’s the bottom line: Our reports from the field after early voting ended yesterday show ALL of the numbers pointing to a VERY tight race that is likely to be decided by just a handful of votes. Your contribution

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Taylor Bennett could end Georgia’s conservative supermajority

In less than a month, Taylor Bennett could end the conservative supermajority in the Georgia House of Representatives by defeating J. Max Davis. On Tuesday, in what the AJC called “the most important surprise of the evening,” Democratic candidate Bennett finished first in a four-way race to replace Rep. Mike Jacobs (R) – Brookhaven. And on August 11, if former Georgia Tech QB Bennett defeats second-place finisher Davis (R), the scandal-ridden former mayor of Brookhaven, he will end the