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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns
Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.
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Democrat win stretches far beyond metro Atlanta, and other quick observations
As the dust settles from Georgia’s political explosion, a few quick points.
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Rhode Island senator visits Georgia coast, reminds voters of sea level rise
A Rhode Island senator is back in Georgia today to share one message with Georgia voters. “Think about the coast as you cast your vote,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat.
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Senate runoff: Okefenokee Swamp represents environmental, security concerns
The fate of a proposed strip mine near the Okefenokee Swamp represents environmental and national security issues at stake in the Senate runoff in Georgia.
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Catholics to have role in determining Senate runoff results
By Guest Columnist SUSAN VARLAMOFF, retired director of the University of Georgia’s Office of Environmental Sciences
As Georgia is the political epicenter of the nation with two U.S. Senate runoff races, the 1.2 million Catholics in the state may play an outsized role in deciding which party controls the Senate.
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Female, young voters a force in Senate races after big role in Democratic wins
By Guest Columnist MELITA EASTERS, executive director of Georgia’s WIN List
As Georgia becomes the “center of the political universe,” due to attention focused on Georgia’s highly unusual two United States Senate runoff races, two heavily courted groups are particularly meaningful for turnout as a tipping point towards a winning margin – Atlanta’s suburban women and Georgia’s newly energized youth vote.
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Singing the blues: Down-ballot Republicans tossed in runoff hopper with Senate races
Pity the poor down-ballot Republican, caught in the crossfire of a national political battle.
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Collins, Loeffler snipe at each other, not Democrats, in Senate debate
Three candidates lead a pack of 21.
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Leadership search for politically active Sierra Club of Georgia begins Saturday
The discussion begins Saturday about replacing the departing director of the Sierra Club’s Georgia chapter, one of the state’s few environmental organizations that endorses political candidates, seeks to influence legislation and sway public opinion.
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Georgia senators risk impairing the most important economic engine for our region
By Guest Columnist BEN DECOSTA, former aviation general manager of ATL, 1998-2010
By a 5 to 4 vote, a Senate study committee proposed a hostile takeover of the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) from those who built it over the past 40 years as the premier magnet for global businesses, as a $60 billion regional economic engine and as the door for millions of travelers from around the world to visit Atlanta and America.
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Women, people of color in Georgia Senate call out crummy committee assignments
“The eyes of Georgia are watching, especially the women of Georgia, who are now engaged in voting in record numbers. Thank goodness they’re voting and they’re engaged … ”
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Open U.S. Senate seat could have a domino effect on Georgia politics
For a few politicians and political advisors, the past few days have been filled with rapid fire text messages and battery-draining cell phone calls about the biggest news to impact metro Atlanta in quite a while — the 2014 election to replace retiring U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss.
The first — and only to date — polls released jointly by political consulting firms H.E.G. and Apache just hours after the announcement already has Georgia Republicans and Democrats strategizing on how to ensure their party secures the open seat.
