In the closing days of December’s runoff in the U.S. Senate race, the smiles from the nearly always cheery candidates had disappeared, erased by the gravity of an overly long, grueling campaign. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock gave TV interviews…
Black Caucus Chair: State Rep. Carl Gilliard (D-Savannah) is the new chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus for the 2023-24 term. The caucus works to protect the general welfare of Black people, other people of color and disadvantaged citizens…
Honor for Bishop: Georgia’s Second District Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop was named Legislator of the Year by the National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees during its summer convention in Savannah. The organization describes itself as the…
HBCU Study Committee: Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan named State Sen. Sonya Halpern (D-Atlanta) to chair a new Interim Legislative Study Committee on Excellence, Innovation and Technology at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The group will look at ways the state…
It’s rare that a secretary of state is well known by voters in his or her own state. For one to have his or her name recognized across the country, well, that’s almost unheard of. You’d have to go back…
On to November: Having trounced his Republican primary opponent, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Gov. Brian Kemp now faces Democrat Stacey Abrams in the November general election in a rematch of the 2018 gubernatorial contest. Abrams had no opposition in…
In Memoriam: Former Atlanta Mayor and Buckhead Coalition President Sam Massell, who led the city from 1970 to 1974, died in March at age 94. He was the city’s first Jewish mayor and is credited with guiding the changeover from…
It went largely unnoticed outside of Georgia political circles when a Democratic candidate for state attorney general suddenly switched to the lieutenant governor’s race in January. Charlie Bailey took on incumbent Attorney General Chris Carr in the 2018 General Election,…
In Memoriam: MARTA General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker, 56, died by suicide in January. He headed the Atlanta transit agency for nearly four years and was widely praised for his leadership in expanding its service area and in steering…
New Laws: Almost lost in the response and reaction to Georgia’s controversial new voting bill were some wide-ranging bipartisan measures passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp that take effect July 1. HB 146 provides three…
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