Politics

More than a million voters have requested a mail-in ballot to vote in Georgia’s primary elections in June, an enormous increase driven by the coronavirus outbreak.

Leaders of the Georgia General Assembly are signaling that lawmakers won’t return to the Capitol until June, despite Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan continuing to say he would like to resume work in May.

In what has become the most unusual election cycle ever, some Democrats have started running television ads ahead of next month's primary.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he is calling on all Georgians to continue doing what they can to protect the state's most vulnerable populations as businesses start to reopen.

Governor Brian P. Kemp along with Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Homer Bryson, and Georgia National Guard Adjutant General Tom Carden held a press conference on April 27, 2020 as the state reopens restaurants for dine-in customers again.

A Democratic Georgia lawmaker who recently endorsed President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is no longer planning to resign and will instead serve the remainder of his term.

U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler's campaign hosted a "tele-townhall" with Governor Brian Kemp Wednesday afternoon to update Georgians on the ongoing state and federal response to COVID-19.

State Rep. Vernon Jones said he was "sick and tired of me and my family being attacked and harassed by the Democratic Party."

But Americans still quarantined internationally fear they've fallen off the U.S. government's radar, as many repatriation flights shift from the State Department's control to commercial airline's.

Five candidates in southeast Georgia have signed up for a special election for the seat of the late state Sen. Jack Hill.

Georgia’s governor is calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Protection Program that ran out of money this week.

Georgia’s state election board on Wednesday approved a new rule allowing counties to establish absentee ballot drop boxes for the state’s June primary elections amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A national political fundraising committee endorsed Rep. Doug Collins’ bid Wednesday to unseat his fellow Georgia Republican, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, in a November special election.

Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended Georgia's anti-mask law after concerns that it could have negative consequences during the pandemic.

The trial of Atlanta political operative Mitzi Bickers, which was originally set for Monday, is delayed due to COVID19 virus.