Wednesday on Political Rewind: Georgians are on pace to hit 2 million votes today during the early voting period. The Abrams and Kemp campaigns report massive amounts of money raised in a final report. Plus, the Supreme Court ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify in Fulton County. Meanwhile, conspiracy theories spread after Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home.
Georgia's top candidates are campaigning in communities dominated by their own supporters as they seek to boost turnout amid heavy early voting statewide. Both sides are trying to pry votes out of every cranny, knowing that even as more than 4 million people are likely to vote by Nov. 8, the outcome could be decided by mere thousands of ballots.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians already made their voices heard during the first eight days of early voting. Plus, Hyundai broke ground for a new electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Gov. Brian Kemp touted it as a win for his economic strategy. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker teams up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“It is wrong to suggest that there is a correlation between voter turnout and voter suppression because suppression is about barriers,” Abrams said. “If those barriers are not completely successful, the credit does not go to those who erected the barriers. The credit goes to those voters who found a way to navigate, overwhelm and overcome those barriers.”
Monday on Political Rewind:A challenge to the state’s abortion law heads to court today. The trial starts as more than 800,000 Georgians have already cast ballots. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham appeals to the Supreme Court to avoid testifying in the special grand jury investigating the 2020 election.
Turnout in the first three days of early voting approached presidential election level, with Black voters — who have become the recent focus in the race for governor — especially turning out in force.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: A record number of Georgians are already casting their ballots. This comes as President Biden says he'll prioritize codifying Roe v. Wade into law if Democrats take control of Congress. Meanwhile, Georgia's restrictive abortion law was a central theme in the debate for attorney general.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Georgians showed up in droves for the first day of early voting, smashing records from 2018. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams took the debate stage together for the time in four years. Elsewhere, Herschel Walker skipped the Atlanta Press Club Debates, for a town hall with Sean Hannity.
Monday on Political Rewind: Early voting opens today across Georgia, as candidates have spent months and millions trying to win races. Balloting also comes just a few days after Warnock and Walker faced off in Savannah while tonight Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp take the debate stage.
Voting advocacy groups in Georgia are working to mobilize a disengaged and diverse group of voters for the upcoming midterm elections that will determine not just leadership of the state government but could also once again decide control in Congress.
Heading into Tuesday, 216,814 people had cast their ballots in the primary, with 124,045 Republican ballots outpacing the Democrats with slightly under 91,022, or 57% to 42%. The overall voter turnout though the first week of this year’s primary is 230% higher than the same period for 2018’s primary, according to Georgiavotes.com.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: Georgians set a new early voting turnout record. Plus, details of the state's $1.5B Rivian deal come to light. And candidates react to a leak of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggesting Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
Monday on Political Rewind: As early voting begins today, Gov. Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker seem to hold on to their substantial leads. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is launching a new effort to give Perdue a boost. Meanwhile, today Fulton County DA Fani Willis begins empaneling a special grand jury in the probe against the former president's actions involving the 2020 election.