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As the halfway mark of the 2023 legislative session nears, floor activity is picking up in the Georgia General Assembly. On Wednesday, each chamber took up several consequential...
Republicans win runoffs for 2 Georgia state House seats July 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ATLANTA (AP) — Two Republicans won seats in the Georgia House in special election runoffs held Tuesday after no candidates won majorities in an earlier round of voting. Toombs County Republican Party Chairman Leesa Hagan of Lyons beat auto dealer Wally Sapp of Baxley in House District 156, according to final, unofficial results. The district covers all of Montgomery and Toombs counties and parts of Appling and Jefferson Davis counties in southeast Georgia. Democrat Wright Gres of Baxley finished third...
ATLANTA — A federal judge Wednesday threw out a challenge to portions of Georgia’s controversial new election law as poorly timed. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that with runoff elections for vacant state House seats in Cobb County and southeast Georgia set for next Tuesday, it’s too late to change provisions in the current law. “The underlying elections have already occurred, and Plaintiffs seek an order that would mandate different rules for the related runoff elections,” Boulee wrote in an 11-page order. “Election administrators have prepared to implement the challenged...
Last week for early voting in Kennesaw/Marietta area state house race House District 34 is open after longtime state Rep. Bert Reeves left for a job at Georgia Tech. Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive) Updated: 2:00 PM EDT June 5, 2021 KENNESAW, Ga. — This week will offer the last chances for early voting in a state House race for a seat that represents much of the area in Cobb County between Marietta and Kennesaw. Early voting in the special election for the House District 34 seat that was held by longtime Republican state Rep. Bert Reeves will conclude on Fr...