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6 takeaways from the 2022 midterm election that's not over yet

These midterm elections show why it's always important to never assume you know exactly what's going to happen in advance – and to keep an open mind for potential surprises.

November 09, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 5, 2022. Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the final days of the campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot.

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Obama headed to Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin as vote nears

Former President Barack Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the closing days of the 2022 campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot. He goes first to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is taking on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Nov. 8.

October 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
After narrowly losing the governor's race in 2018, Democrat Stacey Abrams is running again in 2022 under a platform of "One Georgia."

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Stacey Abrams looks to win Black men in bid for Ga. governor

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is trying to solidify support and boost turnout by Black men in her governor's race against incumbent Republican Brian Kemp.

September 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler, center, a Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state, poses for a photo with former Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman John Eaves, left, and former Milledgeville mayor and state Sen. Floyd Griffin on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. The two men were also Democratic candidates for secretary of state and have endorsed Dawkins-Haigler in a June 21 runoff election.

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Former Democratic SoS candidates endorse one-time rival

All three of the Democratic candidates for secretary of state who didn't make it into a runoff to be the party's nominee have fallen in line behind a single candidate. The campaign of former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler on Wednesday announced the endorsements of former Fulton County Board of Commissioners chairman John Eaves, former Milledgeville mayor and state senator Floyd Griffin, and former Cobb County Democratic Party chairman Michael Owens.

June 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Debbie Hamby, 66, casts a ballot at an early voting site in Acworth, Ga., on Friday, May 6, 2022. Hamby, a nurse from Kennesaw, Georgia, says she believes in-person voting is more secure and supports limits on mail ballots.

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In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail

Tens of millions of people in the United States opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020. This year, voters in the early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting. In Georgia, early in-person voting is shattering records.

May 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill to give state income refunds of more than $1.1 billion on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at the Georgia capitol in Atlanta. The measure gives refunds of $250 to $500 to people who filed tax returns for 2020 and 2021.

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$1.1B Georgia refunds could begin in weeks as Kemp signs law

Special state income tax refunds paid out of Georgia's historic budget surplus could be on their way to taxpayers in six to eight weeks. Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed the $1.1 billion refund plan into law.

March 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A bipartisanship group of senators — (from left) Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, and Birch Bayh, D-Ind. — hold a news conference in 1980.

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You're Going To Hear A Lot About The 'Byrd Rule' Soon — Who Is This Byrd Man?

As Democrats try to pass their massive multi-trillion-dollar spending bill with a simple majority vote, lots of things might be included but other things might not. And it all goes back to one man.

August 08, 2021
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  • Ron Elving
Empty hallways outside the U.S. Senate chamber, where the body will consider major pieces of legislation that could allocate trillions of dollars for infrastructure and other priorities.

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As Biden Aims To Pass 2 Big Bills, Things Are About To Get Really Complicated

Seemingly arcane exercises in the days and weeks ahead will in fact represent – and may even resolve — real conflicts over national issues of enormous importance.

August 05, 2021
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  • Ron Elving
Georgia gubernatorial candidates Stacey Abrams, left, and Brian Kemp.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Abrams, Kemp Lay Out Strategies For November Election

On this edition of Political Rewind, Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams are laying out the issues and the lines of attack they’ll take into the fall campaign...

August 01, 2018
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  • Tom Faust
A voter enters a polling site in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: America’s Partisan Divide

On this edition of Political Rewind, American politics is more polarized today that at any time on our history. So says one of the country’s leading...

July 27, 2018
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  • Tom Faust
Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams speaks during an election-night watch party Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Georgia Democrats Rally, Unite Behind Diverse Ticket

On this edition of Political Rewind, after choosing their nominee for governor, Georgia Democrats declare they are unified and energized to put Stacey...

May 25, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut

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