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Newly elected Georgia lawmaker withdraws from legislature following arrest

A newly elected — and arrested — state representative from Barrow County is stepping down before the General Assembly convenes its 2023 legislative session next week.

January 04, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Sheree Ralston is the executive director of the Fannin County Development Authority. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 she filed paperwork to run for her late husband and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston' s 7th District House seat.

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Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat

The widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is headed into a runoff in a special election for Ralston’s Northwest Georgia House seat.

January 04, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
PBS NewsWeekend Why some House Republicans are holding out on McCarthy’s speaker bid

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Political Rewind: UGA victory shifts day one of legislative session; McCarthy fights for speakership

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Hundreds of documents from the January 6th Committee outline Georgia's importance to the effort to overturn the 2020 election. The Fulton County election probe may soon recommend criminal charges. And proposals to eliminate Georgia's runoff system continue.

January 03, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Sheree Ralston is the executive director of the Fannin County Development Authority. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 she filed paperwork to run for her late husband and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston' s 7th District House seat.

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Sheree Ralston qualifies to fill district seat held by her late husband

On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, Sheree Ralston, the widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, became the first to qualify for his 7th District House seat.

December 06, 2022
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  • Donna Lowry
Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler faced several of her top rivals for the all-comers special election in an Atlanta Press Club debate Monday, Oct. 19.

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Loeffler, Collins, Warnock Clash in Georgia Special Senate Debate

The leading three candidates for the special U.S. Senate election spent most of an hourlong debate trying to convince voters that they should advance to a two-person runoff in January to fill the rest of retired Sen. Johnny Isakson's term, while the other three candidates in the debate tried to remind voters they existed.

October 19, 2020
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  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia State Capitol

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Political Rewind: Should Georgia GOP Be Worried After Close Congressional Battle in Ohio?

On this edition of Political Rewind, a special election for Ohio’s 12 th Congressional District was “too close to call” on Tuesday night. Vying for a...

August 08, 2018
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  • Robert Jimison
Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., has been endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump ahead of Tuesday's GOP special Senate primary.

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What A Week: Trump's Surprise Press Conference And Gubernatorial Developments

Jimmy Carter sings the praises of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams; but then says it wasn’t an endorsement and that he will back whoever...

August 11, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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