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Opinions, The Georgia File

Keep Politics Local

Brian Robinson,

Former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill once famously said that all politics is local. Those words might have rung true decades ago, but no more. These days, all politics is national. Local coverage in newspapers and on radio stations has…

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Political Notes, Up Front

Ups, Downs and In-betweens

Kenna Simmons,

Open Seats: Georgia’s U.S. House delegation will have at least four new faces this year. U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-11) is the latest incumbent to announce he won’t seek reelection this fall. He joins Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from her…

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Opinions, The Georgia File

Restoring the State GOP

Brian Robinson,

In June, Josh McKoon was in the car with his wife when Trump called to congratulate him on his re-election as chair of the Georgia Republican Party. Not long into the call, Trump says, “China’s calling me. I’ll call you…

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Opinions, The Georgia File

Position Without Power?

Brian Robinson,

Georgia’s last Democratic lieutenant governor, Mark Taylor of Albany, served two terms in that office. In his first term from 1999-2003 he wielded power over the state Senate, where his party still maintained a majority. At the start of Taylor’s…

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Opinions, The Georgia File

Off to the Races

Brian Robinson,

The 2026 political cycle that will usher in a new era in Georgia politics is well underway. Though he’s not on the ballot in Georgia next year, President Trump will loom large – perhaps more so than any individual candidate…

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Opinions, The Georgia File

A Bigger Voice for Georgia?

Brian Robinson,

The day after the Georgia General Assembly session ends, legislators usually wake up from their late-night revelry and dart out of town. After three months of work in the Capitol, there’s an urgency about getting home to their businesses and…