Georgia

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.

September 19, 2024

AJC: Long-shot candidates still a strategic ‘part of the puzzle’ in bigger Georgia races

‘The down ballot helps the top of the ticket. The top of the ticket helps the down ballot,’ one hopeful says.

September 19, 2024

AJC: Support dips for minor presidential candidates, AJC poll finds

The bottom four candidates on Georgia’s ballot are struggling to shore up support among likely voters.

September 19, 2024

AJC: Georgia voters are increasingly confident the election will be fair and accurate

Georgia voters are increasingly confident that the 2024 presidential election will be conducted fairly and accurately, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution survey shows.

September 16, 2024

AJC: Tim Walz to campaign in Georgia on Tuesday

It’s the Minnesota governor’s first solo visit to Georgia since he was picked as Kamala Harris’ running mate

September 16, 2024

AJC: Many Georgia lawmakers are reluctant to weigh in after apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Many Georgia lawmakers and politicians were reluctant late Sunday to immediately weigh in on what the FBI said was an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reached out for comment.

September 16, 2024

AJC: Time to buy? How rate cuts will impact housing affordability

Cuts to provide Georgians with some relief but are not a magic bullet for housing crisis

September 14, 2024

FOX 5 ATLANTA: Marjorie Taylor Greene blames VP Harris after fatal crash involving 'illegal alien'

A high-speed chase in Rome early Saturday morning led to a tragic head-on collision that claimed the lives of two people and left a 1-year-old child critically injured. It has also led to Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blaming the Biden Administration.

September 13, 2024

LEDGER-ENQUIRER: Two disqualified from presidential running in GA. Why their names will still be on ballot

Two Fulton County judges have disqualified independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia’s presidential ballot, narrowing the field of qualified candidates in the Peach State to four.

September 13, 2024

AJC: Judges knock presidential candidates West and De la Cruz off Georgia ballot

Independent candidates, who were viewed as threats to siphon votes away from Democrat Kamala Harris, plan to appeal in back-and-forth legal battle

September 10, 2024

LEDGER ENQUIRER: Georgia’s secretary of state expects smooth elections in November, despite rule changes

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday predicted smooth elections in the Peach State this year despite rules changes being imposed by a State Election Board he called “a mess.”

September 10, 2024

AJC: Cobb’s election board halts meeting after an attendee yells ‘heil Hitler’

The Cobb County Board of Elections abruptly canceled its meeting Monday afternoon after an unidentified attendee shouted “heil Hitler” during the public comment period.

September 10, 2024

AJC: Donald Trump and most Georgia House Republicans hold on to false election claims

The former president continues to repeat unproven ‘cheating’ allegations ahead of tonight’s debate with Kamala Harris

September 9, 2024

LEDGER ENQUIRER: Gov. Brian Kemp can’t be forced to hold hearing on State Election Board, Georgia AG says

Georgians do not have the authority to demand that the governor convene an administrative hearing to take up accusations against members of state boards, Attorney General Chris Carr wrote in a legal opinion issued Friday.

September 8, 2024

AJC: A frantic warning: Mother of suspect apparently called Georgia school before shooting

Apalachee High School counselor reportedly was told that morning about ‘extreme emergency’ with 14-year-old

September 6, 2024

AJC: Stalled gun safety bills haunt Georgia lawmakers after shooting at Apalachee High School

Reactions to school shooting.

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.