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Caption President Donald Trump speaks at a November 2020 campaign rally in Rome, Ga. The former president continues to wield great influence over the Georgia Republican Party despite losses in the state s presidential and Senate races last year. Credit: Stephen Fowler | GPB News
When Republican delegates from around the state arrive at the Jekyll Island Convention Center for the state GOP convention this Friday and Saturday, the biggest question won t be if die-hard Trump supporters have a place in the party, but rather if there s room for anyone else.
Fresh off stinging defeats in November and January that saw control of the White House and the U.S. Senate flip, Georgia Republicans are at a crossroads. Heading into a 2022 election cycle that will almost certainly see nonstop national attention, several statewide incumbent officeholders like Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are facing immense pressure from an energized Repub
A Henry County judge is allowing a conspiracy theorist and other voters to review copies of Fulton County's 147,000 absentee ballots for evidence of fraud despite three previous counts of the vote, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation examination of absentee ballot envelopes and every election being certified.
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Caption State Sen. Burt Jones poses with Mike Pence in Washington, D.C., the night of Jan. 5, 2021. Credit: Burt Jones / Twitter
While they may not have stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a group of Republican state senators in Georgia took extraordinary measures of their own to overturn the November presidential results in recent weeks, despite no evidence of widespread fraud or misconduct. A review by the Georgia News Lab and GPB News finds most have largely avoided consequences for their actions.
Many in the group supported lawsuits challenging the results of Georgia’s presidential election, including a Texas Supreme court case that sought to nullify the results of four states. Others signed onto a report claiming the results of Georgia’s election were “untrustworthy.” Some called for a special session of the General Assembly aimed at picking electors for then-President Donald Trump. And several drafted a letter intended for then-Vic
Three state Republican lawmakers in Georgia have been stripped of their committee assignments following their decision to support President Donald Trump s coup to overturn the outcome of the presidential election. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) implemented .