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News Articles: republicans

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with supporters during an election night party on May 24, 2022, at a restaurant in Peachtree Corners, Ga.

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Some in Ga. GOP want closed primaries after Trump picks lose

Some Republican activists are calling on abolishing Georgia's open primary system. They are complaining that too many Democrats voted in the state's Republican primary against candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

June 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Congressman Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., poses for a photo with his daughter Anna, 1, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill, on July 21, 2020, in Washington. Jacobs says he will not run for another term in Congress amid backlash over his support for new gun control measures.

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Buffalo-area GOP Rep. Jacobs won't run again after backlash for gun control support

After mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas school, Jacobs said he would vote for a federal assault weapons ban if he had a chance. His comments sparked a furious reaction from conservatives,

June 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with supporters during an election night party on May 24, 2022, at a restaurant in Peachtree Corners, Ga.

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  • Elections

Democrats appear to help push Raffensperger over the top in GOP primary win

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger probably would not have won last week's Republican primary without Democrats. An Associated Press analysis of early voting data has determined that more than 37,000 people who voted in Georgia's Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in last week's Republican primary.

May 31, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the American Freedom Tour on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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  • Politics

How the 'Replacement' theory went mainstream on the political right

The theory began in white supremacist circles and has slowly integrated into the mainstream of Republican politics.

May 17, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the American Freedom Tour on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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  • Politics

How the 'Replacement' theory went mainstream on the political right

The theory began in white supremacist circles and has slowly integrated into the mainstream of Republican politics.

May 17, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Trump listens as J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks during a rally hosted by Trump on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. Trump had announced his endorsement of Vance in the Republican primary the week before.

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  • Politics

Campaign season kicks off in earnest with primaries in 14 states in May

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

May 02, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Trump listens as J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks during a rally hosted by Trump on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. Trump had announced his endorsement of Vance in the Republican primary the week before.

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  • Politics

Campaign season kicks off in earnest with primaries in 14 states in May

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

May 02, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
(L-R) Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

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  • Elections

The top 10 Senate seats that are most likely to flip to the other party

Though more Republican-held seats are up for grabs in November, Democratic struggles mean the GOP has improved its likelihood to take control of the Senate. Here are the key contests to watch.

April 13, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Rep. Vic Fazio, joined by his wife Judy, announces to a gathering of friends and supporters in the Woodland Hote, in Woodland, Calif., on Nov. 17, 1997, that he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives next term, following a 10-term career in Congress.

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  • Politics

An ex-congressman from California who reached across the aisle has died

Vic Fazio, a 20-year congressional Democrat from California, rose to become an influential party leader in the House. He was 79.

March 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Republicans often present a united front, but loyalty to former President Donald Trump, seen here with House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, and views about his future in the party are showing some divisions.

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  • Politics

Trump, tough issues and personal rivalries test the GOP's reputation for unity

Tensions are driven by the still-divisive personality of former President Trump, by issues such as vaccines and mandates and by the prospect of big Republican gains in the elections of 2022 and 2024.

November 27, 2021
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  • Ron Elving
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to the state's department of education this week about <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir,</em> a book he wants investigated.

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More Republican leaders try to ban books on race, LGBTQ issues

In the latest instance, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster calls on the state's department of education to look into banning a book about queer identity, saying the content is sexually explicit.

November 13, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
'March On Georgia' rally demonstrators head towards the Georgia State Capitol on June 15, 2020.

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Author Keith Boykin: 'America Is In A Cold Civil War'

Political commentator and author Keith Boykin says America is in a Cold Civil War, and discusses how the country can move past racial division.

September 21, 2021
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Tiffany Griffith
A man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2015, after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide.

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A Record Number Of Americans, Including Republicans, Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

The rise in support stems largely from a majority of Republicans, who for the first time back same-sex marriage at 55%, according to Gallup.

June 09, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally in Washington. Both within and outside the walls of the Capitol, banners and symbols of white supremacy and anti-government extremism were displayed as an insurrectionist mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Will Georgia's GOP Succeed In 2022 With Trump Still Head Of The Party?

Republican Party leaders remain solidly behind former President Donald Trump and his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. But as the GOP looks toward the 2022 election, the party is not as unified as it would like, and is at a crossroads moment. On Georgia Today, we look at how the state's GOP sees a pathway to winning in 2022 and 2024 with GPB News political reporter Stephen Fowler.

May 19, 2021
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jahi Whitehead
n this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, supporters cheer as former Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones and Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene embrace during a rally in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: A Grassroots Rebuke Of Gov. Kemp Ahead Of 2022; Rep. Greene's Newest Controversy

Monday on Political Rewind: As a number of county GOP organizations vote to censure Gov. Brian Kemp for his refusal to support the Trump effort to overturn Georgia’s election results, how vulnerable is he to a Republican primary challenge next year? Also, a new study offers evidence that Georgia’s partisan political landscape remains a light shade of purple, according to the well-respected Cook Report.

April 19, 2021
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