Wednesday on Political Rewind: Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker gains the endorsement of a titan of the Republican party. Meanwhile, what can the important Virginia gubernatorial race tell us about where voters across the country stand in 2021?
Friday on Political Rewind: Republican candidates on Georgia’s 2022 ballot are remaining silent about President Donald Trump’s prediction that GOP voters will not go to the polls next year. Plus, Georgia Board of Regents decided to make sweeping changes tothe rules governing how tenured faculty at state universities are evaluated.
With a special state legislation session is less than a month away, All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington previews with GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler about what Georgians should expect to change in redistricting.
The recent spate of violent threats against elected officials has a state oversight panel rethinking its position on whether home security systems should qualify as a legitimate campaign-related expense. Both Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger were the targets of death threats in the wake of the 2020 election.
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is headlining the Georgia GOP’s 2021 Chairman’s Dinner next month. Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer made the announcement Wednesday.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: Election candidates wonder if they can win a Republican primary contest in 2022 without former President Donald Trump’s backing in the aftermath of his raucous rally in Perry. Also, a draft map of new congressional districts in Georgia stirs up conversation.
Elected to the General Assembly in 2016, Shannon has gained attention by staging direct confrontations with Republicans. In 2018, she led a group of fellow progressive Democrats in boycotting Gov.-elect Brian Kemp’s first public address.
The Georgia Association of Voter Registrations and Elections Officials says pushing back qualifying and the spring primary date is necessary to finish complicated redistricting changes required by law.
Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black is one of the most popular politicians in Georgia, but even that might not be enough to win the Republican U.S. Senate primary in 2022.
Former President Donald Trump will be in Georgia later this month for a rally in Perry. The event is likely to drum up drama in the state’s Republican Party between those who are loyal to the former president and those who are not loyal enough.
Former President Donald Trump continues his interest in Georgia politics with a scheduled Sept. 25 rally in Perry, where his hand-picked primary challengers for lieutenant governor, secretary of state and U.S. Senate are expected to be featured.
