Georgia

November 14, 2024

THE TELEGRAPH: LGBTQ+ community, allies in Macon worried about the ‘death of hope’ after election

Queer people and allies gathered Tuesday in Macon to mourn a loss of hope rippling through the community as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, leaving them worried about the potential for legal changes that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights.

November 14, 2024

AJC: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she wants to help Donald Trump from Congress

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said the best way for her to help President-elect Donald Trump implement his agenda is by remaining in the U.S. House where Republicans will likely hold a thin majority.

November 11, 2024

AJC: Cobb, Gwinnett voters make view on transit clear. What’s uncertain? The future ahead

With the latest defeat of two transit referendums in Cobb and Gwinnett counties, local leaders must again grapple with the dilemma that has perplexed the Atlanta metro for decades: Traffic is bad and worsening, but voters don’t see dramatic public transit expansion as a solution

November 8, 2024

AJC: Georgia Democrats struggle with Trump’s comeback, some point fingers inward

Georgia Democrats are struggling to process the scope of Donald Trump’s victory, a romp through political battlegrounds that showed the limits of the left-leaning coalitions they hoped would be a bulwark against his comeback.

November 4, 2024

AJC: Georgia ends early voting with record 4 million votes cast

Early voting ended in Georgia with a record 4 million ballots cast before Election Day, a huge turnout featuring many first-time voters, women and voters over 50 years old

November 4, 2024

WAPO: Atlanta’s northern suburbs are likely to decide who wins Georgia

Whoever wins or makes significant gains in Forsyth County, a conservative county that has rapidly become more diverse, is likely to carry the key swing state

November 1, 2024

AJC: Long lines appearing across metro Atlanta as early voting almost over: Live coverage

Eric Trump campaigns in Georgia for his dad. Return here for live updates throughout the day.

November 1, 2024

USA TODAY: Donald Trump or Kamala Harris: Who will Black men in Georgia vote for?

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris know if they want to win Georgia, they need to secure the Black vote. Black people make up Georgia’s largest minority voting bloc, representing roughly 30% of all registered voters in the swing state

October 31, 2024

SAV NOW: Chatham County Chairman candidates lay out plans ahead of Nov. 5 election day

In a year when the Chatham County Board of Commissioners has few contested races, the race for chairman is putting Republican Joel Boblasky up against incumbent Democrat Chester Ellis on Nov. 5

October 25, 2024

AJC: Kamala Harris and Barack Obama tag team Georgia with a slice of Springsteen Americana

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has made frequent trips to the Atlanta area since launching her campaign for president, but she brought the stars out for her first rally in DeKalb County

October 25, 2024

SAVANNAH NOW: Georgia is a key swing state in 2024. Which swing counties should voters be watching?

Ten years ago, it may have been hard to imagine that Georgia would become a crucial swing state during a presidential election

October 23, 2024

AJC: Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over NYC apartment, 26 watches to Georgia election workers

A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over his New York City apartment and various other assets to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him

October 23, 2024

AJC poll: Georgia voters on the presidential election and top issues

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs, October 7-16. The margin of sampling error is 3.1 percentage points.

October 22, 2024

AJC: The first week of early voting in Georgia set daily records

Over 1.4 million voters have cast ballots so far, including a strong weekend showing

October 22, 2024

THE HILL: Georgia’s new election rules scrutinized by courts as voting begins

Georgia judges are picking apart controversial new election rules in the state as its early-voting turnout breaks records.

October 21, 2024

DETROIT NEWS: Harris urges Black Georgia churchgoers to vote and gets an assist from Stevie Wonder

Kamala Harris on Sunday summoned Black churchgoers to turn out at the polls and got a big assist from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied congregants with a rendition of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song."

October 21, 2024

WSJ: Young People of Color Are Charging Atlanta’s Growth. Will They Lift Harris in Georgia?

Harris is doing better with Black men than Biden was earlier this year but worse than in 2020, WSJ poll finds

October 18, 2024

AJC: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris will campaign together in Georgia

The former president will join the Democratic nominee on the campaign trail for the first time this election

October 18, 2024

AXIOS: Why Black men could be key to Harris' swing-state chances

The slow ripple of Black male voters from the Democratic Party to the GOP has been two decades in the making — and now Kamala Harris is scrambling to stem the tide before it grows in key battleground states.

October 16, 2024

POLITICO: Michelle Obama will be in Georgia in campaign's closing days

The former first lady's appearance follows former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, who have hit the campaign trail for Kamala Harris.

October 14, 2024

AJC: Clinton’s campaign foray in Georgia for Harris had shades of ‘Bubbas for Bill’ energy

Standing under the shade of a towering Chinese tallow tree, former President Bill Clinton stumped for Vice President Kamala Harris at a fish fry Sunday that brought memories of his own campaign strategy when he ran for president more than three decades ago.

October 7, 2024

AP: Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.

October 6, 2024

FOX 5 ATL: Trump bus tour makes stop in Kennesaw to gather supplies for hurricane victims

Just one day after former President Donald Trump visited Augusta to tour storm damage there, his campaign surrogates embarked on a statewide bus tour to drum up much-needed support in the critical swing state.

October 4, 2024

AJC: Georgia’s plan to count ballots by hand could slow election results but ensure accuracy

Lawsuits seeking to overturn the hand-count rule have been filed by the Democratic Party, a former Republican state legislator and Cobb County’s election board

September 28, 2024

AJC: Harris trolls Trump for ‘punting’ on second debate at Georgia-Alabama game

‘Champions know it’s any time, any place. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home.’

September 27, 2024

AJC: Another Trump campaign rally in Georgia, another crowd conspiracy theory

The former president’s campaign event at a 2,500-seat venue in Savannah on Tuesday fueled false claims from his supporters that he was forced to use the small venue

September 26, 2024

THE HILL: Democrats seek to force Kemp to hold hearing on Georgia election board members

Georgia Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to compel Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to hold a hearing over three Georgia State Election Board members after the Democrats issued ethics charges against them.

September 20, 2024

AJC: Burt Jones’ texts show internal GOP rifts over Trump during 2020 election battle

Lieutenant governor chastised Brian Kemp and other fellow Georgia Republicans

September 20, 2024

AJC: Abortion bans have delayed emergency medical care. In Georgia, experts say this mother’s death was preventable.

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

September 20, 2024

AJC: Will abortion be a decisive issue in Georgia? Kamala Harris hopes so

AJC poll shows abortion is a top issue for independents and moderates. Vice president will be in Atlanta today.

Battleground News is the source for 2024 election news as it pertains to the seven swing states and their 93 electoral votes. With local sources, we cover how voters in each swing state district are thinking about the issues and the candidates.