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  1. early and often
    Georgia Hand-Count Order Tees Up Election Night ChaosThe Trumpy state election board voted to require a hand count of all ballots, which could delay and disrupt vote certification.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. early and often
    Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Trump Tantrum Helps Kamala Harris Put Georgia Into PlayEven as polls showed Harris closing the gap in the state, Trump chose to nourish his bizarre grudge against powerful Republican governor Brian Kemp.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    2024 Presidential Candidates Speak At Erick Erickson's The Gathering Event
    Brian Kemp Is the Most Successful Anti-Trump RepublicanThe Georgia governor battled Trump and won and yet still seems to have a bright future in the GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. early and often
    Georgia's former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, leaves the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse
    Why Aren’t More Anti-Trump Republicans Endorsing Biden?It says a lot that former Georgia official Geoff Duncan is the most prominent Republican coming out for Biden in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. trump georgia indictment
    A Pardon Won’t Save Trump If He’s Convicted in GeorgiaGeorgia’s constitution provides that applicants to a five-member board for a pardon have served at least five years of their sentences.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. early and often
    Trump Trial Threatens to Blow Up Georgia Republican PartyIt’s going to be hard for the Georgia GOP to rally behind the 2024 nominee when top state officials are also testifying against him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. early and often
    Brian Kemp Thinks Trump’s a Loser But Won’t Run for President HimselfWhile the Georgia governor has thwarted Donald Trump several times, he seems to have his eye on a Senate seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. early and often
    Trump Leads GOP Field In His Personal Hell, GeorgiaThe first major poll from Georgia shows the former president with a big lead in a state that has handed him multiple defeats since 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. early and often
    Rural Republicans Revolt Against School-Voucher PlansIn two big red states, liberals aren’t the only ones against starving public schools to subsidize parents who have already abandoned the system.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the system
    How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. early and often
    Brian Kemp for President Makes a Lot of SenseGeorgia’s governor doesn’t have the warmest personality. But in trouncing both Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams, he showed world-class political chops.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. early and often
    One Worrying Sign for Democrats in the Midterm ResultsThe gubernatorial elections in Georgia and Ohio suggest that a right-wing Republican could win moderate voters in 2024 merely by not being Trump.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. early and often
    The GOP Won’t Moderate. Just Look at Georgia.Raphael Warnock may pull off a victory, but Republicans are doubling down on extremism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  14. 2022 midterms
    Why Brian Kemp Easily Defeated Stacey Abrams This TimeIn 2018, she became a Democratic superstar in defeat. How much has changed in four years.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. early and often
    Will Trump Ruin Georgia Republicans Out of Spite?Trump really dislikes Governor Brian Kemp, who thwarted his primary purge attempt. But Georgia Republicans want a united front against Stacey Abrams.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. early and often
    The Devil Went Down to Georgia and LostTrump spent the past two years working to exile Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger from the GOP, but he couldn’t do it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. early and often
    Trump Faces Another Round of Humiliation in GeorgiaTrump hoped to get his revenge in Tuesday’s primary. Instead, his pick for governor, David Perdue, is sure to lose, and his other prospects look iffy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. early and often
    Mike Pence to Campaign for Fellow Trump Traitor Brian KempThe two MAGA heretics are, in their own ways, trying to show that Trumpism without Trump has a future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. 2022 midterms
    Trump’s Brian Kemp Revenge Plot Has Hit a SnagDavid Perdue, Trump’s candidate for Georgia governor, is trailing the incumbent in the polls, and even other MAGA candidates have yet to endorse him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. 2022 midterms
    Trump Tries to Get Revenge on Atlanta by Busting It UpThe former president has backed an effort to have Buckhead, a wealthy white neighborhood, secede from Atlanta. But he jumped into the fight too late.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. 2022 midterms
    Governors Could Be Key to Trump’s Next Coup AttemptTrump allies are poised to win in several crucial 2022 races, and election-reform efforts may overlook the threat posed by a rogue governor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. politics
    Trump Thinks DeSantis Owes Him EverythingIf the Sunshine State ingrate aspires to a political destiny independent of Trump, the former president will give him the Brian Kemp treatment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. politics
    Who Is Biden’s Big Voting-Rights Speech in Georgia Really For?Spurring action on a stalled bill would be tricky enough, and that’s not all the president is trying to accomplish.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the national interest
    Trump Took Over the GOP Because He’s Willing to Break ItAnd his Republican critics aren’t.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. 2022 midterms
    Trump Ignites Republican Civil War in GeorgiaThe unprecedented primary challenge of Brian Kemp is going to get exceptionally ugly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. 2022 elections
    How Trump-y Can the 2022 Georgia Governor’s Race Get?Probably very.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. politics
    David Perdue Will Indeed Primary Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia: ReportsThe former senator was recruited to run against Kemp by Donald Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to help purge the incumbent GOP governor.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  28. 2022 midterms
    Trump Frets About Ads Attacking J.D. Vance for Attacking HimThe former president’s involvement in 2022 midterm campaigns isn’t about his party — it’s strictly about him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. 2022 midterms
    Stacey Abrams Announces 2022 Run for Governor of GeorgiaAbrams will have a united Democratic Party facing Trump-divided Republicans, and perhaps a grudge rematch with voter suppressor Brian Kemp.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. 2022 midterms
    David Perdue May Primary Trump Foe Brian Kemp in GeorgiaIt seemed Governor Kemp had outfoxed Trump, but now the former president may have reeled in a serious challenger.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. politics
    Trump Hates Brian Kemp So Much He Mock-Endorsed Stacey AbramsThe “Trump Ticket” in Georgia has no gubernatorial challenger, and that’s driving the 45th president to distraction.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. 2022 midterms
    Trump Favorite Herschel Walker Officially Running for U.S. Senate in GeorgiaWalker is arguably a carpetbagger with some extra personal baggage, but he may be better known in Georgia than incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. 2022 midterms
    Raffensperger Struggles to Get Back His MAGA Street CredUnlike Brian Kemp, Raffensperger doesn’t have the political capital or luck in opponents to survive a Trumpian purge with right-wing posturing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. politics
    Trump Nearly Enlisted the Justice Department in His Coup SchemeA high-ranking DOJ official wanted to urge GOP legislators to steal Biden’s win, but colleagues rebuffed him. Next time we might not be so lucky.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. 2022 midterms
    Trump Says Herschel Walker Is Running for SenateIf Trump isn’t just making this up, his coalition for the 2022 midterms will gain some star power, if not an assured victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. voting rights
    Justice Department Sues to Stop Georgia Voting LawWith Republicans filibustering voting-rights legislation in Congress, the Justice Department is using litigation to go after Georgia’s notorious law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. 2022 midterms
    Brian Kemp May Be Outfoxing Donald TrumpDespite Trump’s vows of vengeance against the Georgia governor, he cannot find a top-tier candidate to run against him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. 2022 midterms
    Georgia Republicans Forgo 2022 Prep to Bicker Over PastThe GOP State Convention was a chance to pull together before a pivotal midterm election, but Georgia Republicans are still divided over Trump’s lies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. confederate monuments
    Georgia Struggles With Its Giant Neo-Confederate EmbarrassmentStacey Abrams wants to sandblast the carving of Confederate leaders on state-owned property. That probably won’t happen with Brian Kemp as governor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. republicans
    Georgia Republicans See Disastrous Election Cycle As Something to Brag AboutIn their deluded minds, they believe losing Georgia to Biden and the Senate to Democrats were victories stolen by their own secretary of state.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. games
    States Are Starting to Fix the NCAA — For the Wrong ReasonsCompetition, not morality, is driving legislation that allows college athletes to make some money.
    By Will Leitch
  42. maga
    Trump’s GOP Enemies Try 3 Strategies for SurvivalPaul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and Brian Kemp exhibit different ways Republican politicians are dealing with the Boss’s disdain.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. 2022 midterm
    Loeffler Begs for Trump’s Attention by Attacking RaffenspergerThe former senator has called for a ridiculous “investigation” of the GOP secretary of state who wouldn’t back Trump’s election coup.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. 2022 midterms
    Georgia Republicans Wonder What to Do About Herschel WalkerHis indecision about a 2022 Senate race after Trump urged him to run is complicating life for other would-be senators.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. georgia election law
    Trump Says Georgia Election Law Is ‘Far Too Weak’The former president’s message to Republicans is that using election laws to screw over the opposition isn’t just acceptable – it’s mandatory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. georgia election law
    Can Suppressing Votes Save Brian Kemp?Kemp is using Georgia’s new election law to heal a breach with Trump-loving conservatives but so far has drawn only a gadfly primary opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. election coup
    Will Republicans Try Another Election Coup in 2024?Jonathan Last argues that 2020 could have been a dress rehearsal, and that a 2022 purge by Trump could make it work next time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. voting rights
    Six Bad Ideas About Voting That Republicans Need to AbandonThe GOP insists its efforts in Georgia and beyond aren’t about voter suppression, but its faulty assumptions are preventing real election reform.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. georgia voting law
    Georgia Republicans Working Hard to Sabotage a 2022 ComebackGeorgia’s GOP could be upbeat heading toward the midterms. But the voting-law debacle and a Trump purge could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. voting rights
    Georgia Trooper Claims Legislator’s Knock Raised Fears of January 6 RepeatWas Governor Brian Kemp really endangered by Park Cannon tapping on his door in hopes of watching him sign a controversial election bill?
    By Ed Kilgore
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