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Elections

Runoffs are imminent. The question remains: how many?

Voter disenfranchisement and other tricks have only been able to get Brian Kemp and other conservative candidates so far. There are two races where no candidate received above 50 percent of the vote, and two other races where votes are still being counted. This means runoffs are imminent. It’s clear that Democrat John Barrow will be facing off against Republican Brad Raffensperger in the Secretary of State race. The winner of this runoff — scheduled

Elections

Gov. Deal signs ineffective medical marijuana bill

This past Monday, Gov. Deal passed a bill that allows Georgians to possess medical marijuana to treat PTSD — but the bill is meaningless, and Deal knows it. The bill is completely ineffective unless in-state medical marijuana cultivation and distribution is legalized. Until then, Georgians have no way to legally receive the treatment they’ve supposedly been granted. Lawmakers didn’t pass a bill that would have legalized harvesting and distribution of cannabis oil. As the AJC

Brian Kemp

GOP gov. candidates parrot Trump’s lies about immigration and crime

Trump infamously slithered into the White House by building support for his presidential campaign in part by using xenophobic slurs particularly those against Mexican immigrants. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists,” he claimed. While we know these statements are simply false, Georgia’s conservative gubernatorial candidates in Georgia haven’t gotten the message. Or, more likely, they just don’t care about the truth. They’re still spewing Trump’s bogus, backwards anti-immigration sentiments, regardless of the story

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Brian Kemp

Race to GOP primaries becoming race to bottom

Yikes! The Republican gubernatorial hopefuls are on a fast-paced race to the bottom. A (somewhat interchangeable) group of white men have been desperately trying to reassure the public that they are, in fact, the MOST racist, MOST anti-abortion, MOST anti-immigrant candidate of the whole lot. Where to begin in listing off the litany of disturbing choices these candidates have made? To start with, all of the top GOP candidates have made public pledges to support

Podcast Ep. 46: The Tale of Two Staceys

This week we are joined again with guest host Jennifer Young to talk about what is going on in Georgia’s upcoming elections. We go in depth about the governor’s race, the sixth congressional district special election, how to best work with multiple Democratic candidates, and also the status of campus carry laws. You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on iTunes, and be sure to leave us a Rating and Review! We’ve got work to do, and

We’re winning

Thanks to you, Georgia’s reputation as “the reddest of red states” is in jeopardy. That’s right. Together, we’ve worked hard, and now, I have great news to share with you. We’re winning. During early voting, we’ve turned out in unprecedented numbers to vote for a brighter future for our state. In fact, so far, 933,699 Georgians have voted early, and they are the most diverse group of voters in the history of our state: The AJC reports: All