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News Articles: GOP

The battle over key election rules is still set to play out before the Georgia Supreme Court. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia election board set to resume next week after court setbacks delayed Trump’s agenda

The right wing of the Georgia State Election Board that champions rules favored by GOP supporters of President-elect Donald is set to get back to its agenda after court decisions thwarted past attempts to implement the changes before November.

November 12, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at North Carolina Aviation Museum on Wednesday in Asheboro, N.C.

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  • Elections

Trump speaks behind bulletproof glass at 1st outdoor rally since attempted assassination

The event, billed as focused on national security issues, was part of former President Trump's weeklong series of counterprogramming to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

August 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
 Gov. Brian Kemp has said he plans to use his “leadership committee” to influence state legislative races this year. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Federal lawsuit challenges constitutionality of blank check ‘leadership committees’

The Democratic Party of Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 state law that allows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise and spend unlimited campaign funds.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Aubrey Clark stands with a Trump 2024 sign on the side of Eisenhower Parkway on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Lizella, Georgia. A half dozen supporters, including members of the Bibb County Republican Party, gathered to show their support for former president Trump two days after an attempted assassination attempt on him in Pennsylvania. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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  • News

Small crowds rally across Bibb County in response to Trump assassination attempt

Behind a rubber face mask of former President Donald Trump was Macon-Bibb County Republican Party Chair David Sumrall on the side of a highway Monday morning. Members of the Bibb County GOP kicked off a day-long series of rallies at 7 a.m. in response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday.

July 16, 2024
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  • Jesse Fraga
Wednesday’s announcement is part of the escalating fight this year for control of state legislatures across the country, even though both chambers in Georgia are expected to stay in GOP hands. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

National Democratic party unveils plan to loosen the GOP’s strong grip on the Georgia Legislature

The national Democratic party plans to target four Republican-held seats in the Georgia General Assembly this year in hopes of chipping away at the GOP’s grip on power under the Gold Dome.

July 10, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
David Sumrall, chair of the Bibb County Republican Party, presented a spreadsheet and some voter registration records to the county elections board on Monday, July 2, 2024. He accused hundreds of voters of fraud. Jesse Fraga/The Telegraph

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  • News

Dozens of Bibb voters have to prove residency after accusations of false addresses, fraud

Dozens of Macon voters will have to explain to the elections board why their registered voting address was listed as a post office and not their home after the chair of the Bibb County Republican Party challenged hundreds of voter registrations.

July 03, 2024
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  • Jesse Fraga
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, pictured in Omaha on March 28, 2024, raised concerns Wednesday with U.S. House Republicans’ farm bill proposal. Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner

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  • Politics

USDA chief voices ‘deep concerns’ over U.S. House GOP farm bill’s nutrition cuts

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on a call with reporters Wednesday strongly criticized a farm bill draft written by U.S. House Republicans, saying it would damage the coalition that traditionally has united behind farm bills and “raises the real possibility of being unable to get a farm bill through the process.”

May 23, 2024
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  • Jane Norman
In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo Amy Kremer, founder and chair of Women for America First, speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump. Kremer, who helped organize the rally that preceded the violent storming of the Capitol building, is running for a seat on the Republican National Committee from Georgia in a party election on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Kremer say the national party hasn't done enough to support Trump and protect his supporters.

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Amy Kremer helped organize the pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally. Now she is seeking a Georgia seat on the RNC

Amy Kremer is a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. Capitol. As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, she's trying to win one of two Georgia seats on the Republican National Committee.

May 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center during the Georgia Republican Party state convention June 10, 2023.

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  • Politics

GA GOP says whether Donald Trump really will speak at 2024 state convention in Columbus

The Georgia Republican Party’s state convention returns to Columbus this week, but unlike last year, the 2024 edition won’t feature former President Donald Trump among the speakers.

May 16, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
A line forms Monday outside the courthouse for a chance to sit in on the 16th day of former President Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, N.Y.

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  • Politics

These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here's why

New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.

May 14, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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  • Politics

Georgia political campaigns start to deploy AI but humans still needed to press the flesh

AI has been embraced in the business, computing and marketing worlds, but this year’s election is the first to see campaigns latching on to the new technology.

April 25, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
A group of women who attend the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona speak to NPR on March 18.

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  • Elections

These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state

In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa County's LDS community, where Republican women have been turning away from former President Donald Trump.

April 16, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo

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  • Elections

GOP, Trump build on immigration fears to push voting restrictions in states

With polls showing unauthorized immigration as Republicans’ best issue for the fall, the GOP is looking to raise the alarm about voting by non-citizens and the undocumented.

April 04, 2024
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  • Zachary Roth
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan leaves the Fulton County Courthouse, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Duncan said Monday, March 18, 2024, that he would not run as a third-party candidate affiliated with No Labels, a political group that's considering launching an independent campaign for the White House.

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  • News

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan will not run with No Labels as it seeks a 2024 candidate

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has ruled out a 2024 No Labels presidential bid. The Republican had been in communication with No Labels in recent weeks about running for the White House under the centrist group's banner and was a leading contender in its push to recruit a presidential nominee.

March 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks Saturday in Rome, Ga.

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  • Politics

As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like

Chair Michael Whatley sent a memo to staff emphasizing the initiatives he wants to see bolstered at the GOP's main campaigning operation now that Trump secured the delegates to receive the nomination.

March 16, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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