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News Articles: Macon

Map of Cobb County

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Rushed and skeptical voters give thumbs down to three proposed Cobb cities

The proposed city of East Cobb failed by the largest margin with 5,900 in favor, good for 26.6% of the vote to 16,289 opposed, or 73.4%. Lost Mountain in west Cobb failed 42% to 58% with the anti side up over 4,000 votes, and Vinings in the south came closest to passing at 55% to 45%, decided by 255 votes out of 2,555.

May 26, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Former Vice President Mike Pence rallied for Gov. Brian Kemp Monday, May 23 in Cobb County.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | Kemp, Raffensperger prevail over Trump in Georgia primary contest

On this week's episode, we dive into Georgia's primary races: who won, who lost and what it all means for November's election.

May 25, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Second district GOP candidates

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  • Elections

Republicans head to runoff in GA 2nd Congressional District. The goal: oust Sanford Bishop

Republicans Chris West and Jeremy Hunt have advanced to a June 21 runoff to determine who will challenge Democratic incumbent Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District.

May 25, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Republican poll watcher Brad Emerton examined each voting machine, making sure vote counts were at zero, as officials set up the East Macon 3 voting precinct Tuesday morning.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Morning after election, results reveal Georgia voters' picks for general election

Wednesday morning on Political Rewind: The results from the Georgia primary reveal the candidates voters picked to head into the general election. Who earned their party’s nomination? And what do the winners tell us about the state of Georgia politics?

May 25, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Voting precinct

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  • Elections

Few hiccups reported in Georgia’s first big election since 2021 overhaul

Election day ended with nine of the state’s 2,500 voting precincts extending their voting hours after delays that were caused by a wide range of speed bumps ranging from a power outage to tech problems with getting voting equipment that included poll pads used to check in voters in.

May 25, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Rep. Greene waiving at rally.

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  • Elections

Marjorie Taylor Greene clinches Republican primary despite controversial first term

Freshman U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene clinched the Republican nomination to run for reelection for her U.S. House seat despite facing a handful of primary challengers and a scandal-ridden first term.

May 25, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Patty Durand

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  • Elections

Last minute election snafu in Georgia's public service commissioner race

At 4 p.m. on the eve of Tuesday’s primary, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger disqualified a Democratic consumer advocate running for the statewide Public Service Commission. A Fulton County judge signed an emergency stay, allowing Patty Durand to stay on the ballot.

May 24, 2022
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  • Mary Landers
Lt. Moore with his wife Julie and their three chiildren.

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  • News

Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors a famed Vietnam commander and his wife

Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors famed Vietnam commander Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julie, officials tasked with renaming Confederate military assets announced Tuesday.

May 24, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Stacey Abrams

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Running unopposed, Abrams urges voters to stake claim in Georgia’s future

Stacey Abrams says she is ready for the likely rematch against Republican incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in the November general election.

May 24, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
The first voter of the morning at the East Macon 3 precinct in Bibb County.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for May 24, 2022

Georgia voters are heading to the polls today in a closely watched primary election.

Incumbent Governor Brian Kemp was joined by former Vice President Mike Pence in Cobb County last night.

Some voters are being strategic about which primary they choose to vote in. 

May 24, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Gov. Brian Kemp and Former President Mike Pence

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  • News

Pence stumps for Kemp in primary campaign finale

Former Vice President Mike Pence was in town to stump for Kemp ahead of the primary election on Tuesday where the incumbent faces a handful of primary challengers — most notably former U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Pence’s visit highlights a sharp divide in Republican party politics in Georgia and across the country — those who are still in the good graces of former President Donald Trump and those who are not.

May 23, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Flooding covers a road in coastal Brunswick.

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  • News

Dethroning 'king tide' and other fluid, ill-defined flood terms

A Georgia project aims to change the unfocused way we talk about flooding.

May 23, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker during a campaign stop at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon on May 18, 2022.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Eve of primary election sees Georgia candidates make final pitch to voters

Monday on Political Rewind: On the eve of the primary election, Mike Pence arrives in Georgia to campaign for Brian Kemp while Donald Trump will hold a rally for David Perdue. It's a race that polls say may be out of reach for Perdue, but he argues his voters will surprise the pundits. Other candidates in closely watched races also make their final arguments to voters today, as well. Among Republican contests, Brad Raffensperger is looking to survive the wrath of Trump in his campaign for another term as secretary of state.

May 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 1 more
Stacey Abrams addresses the Gwinnett County Democratic Party fundraiser on Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Norcross, Ga.

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  • Politics

Stacey Abrams aims to recapture energy of first campaign

Georgia's Stacey Abrams has benefitted from being unopposed in the state's Democratic primary for governor by using the period to spread her message while Republicans have fought. Even Republicans say Abrams is a "political international rock star with unlimited resources," although the Abrams campaign says the sour national environment for Democrats is a major hurdle.

May 23, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Former Georgia running back and Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker attends a college football game between UAB and Georgia, Sept. 11, 2021, in Athens, Ga. Police in Irving, Texas once confiscated a gun from Walker following a domestic disturbance because the former football legend talked about having “a shoot-out with police.” The revelation was included in a 2001 police report that recently obtained by The Associated Press.

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  • Politics

Herschel Walker's ties to veterans program face scrutiny

Herschel Walker boasts of his charity work helping members of the military who struggle with mental health. The football legend and leading Republican Senate candidate says the outreach is done through a program he created, called Patriot Support. But court filings and company documents offer a more complicated picture.

May 23, 2022
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