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News Articles: Election 2022

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference, Aug. 26, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Gov. Kemp and top Republican challenger David Perdue will meet Sunday, April 24, 2022 for the first of three scheduled debates over the next eight days. The debates come as time grows short to persuade the many Georgia voters who will cast ballots ahead of election day May 24.

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  • Elections

Judge halts Kemp's unlimited fundraising in governor's race

A federal judge has ruled that a special campaign committee created by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp cannot raise money unless and until he secures his party's nomination.

April 28, 2022
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  • Associated Press
In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump elbow bumps with Herschel Walker during a campaign rally in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Democratic group asks for DOJ investigation into Herschel Walker's financial disclosure forms

The complaint alleges the Republican Senate frontrunner potentially violated federal law by failing to accurately report sources of income and positions with companies.

April 28, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • News

Kemp signs into law hefty education package with eye on conservative voters

Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Thursday a number of controversial education policies that have dominated election-year culture wars.

April 28, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
An illustration of a pen drawing a line.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp signs education bills; Perdue and Kemp head back to debate stage

Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp will sign seven education bills into law today. Then this evening he and David Perdue take the debate stage in Savannah. Meanwhile, Perdue is trying to gain ground in a new ad attaching him to Herschel Walker. Meanwhile, Walker's campaign is looking past the GOP primary, to focus on beating Sen. Raphael Warnock. 

 

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reacts as he tries to ignore an answer from former Sen. David Perdue during a Republican gubernatorial debate, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp to sign controversial education bills; Polls see Walker close to end zone

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign a series of controversial education bills on Thursday. The measures are the product of a GOP-led push to limit how teachers can talk about so-called "divisive topics," such as history, race and gender identity, and more. They also give parents a larger role in choosing what books their kids can read in school.

April 27, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Governor Kemp signing bill

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  • Politics

Governor drops by GOP rival’s old haunt for tax cut jab

Starting in 2024, the state’s six-bracket income tax rate that tops out today at 5.75% would be flattened and reduced to 5.49%. It would then continue to drop incrementally but only if certain revenue growth indicators are met.

April 27, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Republican candidate for Georgia Governor former Sen. David Perdue arrives to speaks at a campaign stop at the Covington airport Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Covington, Ga.

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  • Politics

Perdue invokes Trump election lies in Georgia GOP primary

Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is building his campaign around Donald Trump and veering to the right as he tries to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 GOP primary.

April 26, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Early voting in Macon, October 2020

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  • Elections

Don't forget! Check your registration and polling place information before you vote

Before you plan to vote in Georgia — whether by mail, early in person or on Election Day — it's always a good idea to check the state's My Voter Page to ensure your information is correct.

April 25, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Bentley Hudgins

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  • Politics

This Mercer grad could be Georgia’s first nonbinary state lawmaker. Meet Bentley Hudgins

Bentley Hudgins could make Georgia political history.

April 25, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, shakes hands with former Sen. David Perdue at a Republican gubernatorial debate, Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Kemp and Perdue clash over elections in debate

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republican challenger David Perdue are bickering over who was to blame for 2020 and 2021 Republican election losses in their first of three debates Sunday.

April 25, 2022
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  • Associated Press
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.

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  • News

Defiant U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘can’t recall’ much in insurrection eligibility challenge

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defiantly deflected most questions about social media posts and comments she made in the leadup to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in a  Friday hearing to determine if she should be struck from the ballot.

April 22, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Election Day in Atlanta

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  • News

Voter registration in Georgia possibly cut by website change

A change in a Georgia website may have resulted in a sharp drop in people registering to vote as they obtained driver's licenses. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds the share of Georgians registering or updating information through the Department of Driver Services fell from 79% in 2020 to 39% last year.

April 22, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Georgia House Rep. Calvin Smyre

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  • Politics

Exit of prominent, veteran state lawmakers creates brain drain at Georgia Legislature

The revolving door in the Gold Dome will continue this election season with at least several dozen seats up for grabs in 2022 in which no incumbents or former legislators are in the running, a number about in line with the previous election when 14% of the class of 236 lawmakers were freshmen. About 50 of this year’s 236 legislative races don’t feature an incumbent.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a hearing, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.

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  • News

Marjorie Taylor Greene hostile in testimony over eligibility

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was hostile during testimony in a hearing on her eligibility to run for reelection, saying she did not remember liking and making various social media posts surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year. Voters in Greene's district have said the Republican helped facilitate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, making her ineligible for reelection under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

April 22, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams talks to the media after qualifying for the 2022 election on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Atlanta. Abrams has become a millionaire. A disclosure filed in March shows the candidate for governor is worth $3.17 million, thanks mostly to book and speaking income. Abrams was worth $109,000 in 2018 when she first ran for governor.

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  • Elections

Abrams seeks to end unlimited donations to Kemp

Democrat Stacey Abrams is asking a federal judge to shut down fundraising by a committee controlled by incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that can take unlimited contributions. Abrams says it's unfair that Kemp can raise money for his committee now, but that Abrams can't raise money until after May 24 when she clinches the Democratic nomination.

April 21, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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