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The extended Senate campaign in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel Walker, has grown increasingly bitter ahead as their Dec. 6 runoff nears.

Georgia’s election runoff rules could determine control of the Senate for the second time in a row.

Georgia Republican Brian Kemp is arguing that his no-drama conservative approach is the way forward for the GOP as he celebrates his reelection as governor.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has won another term, beating Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 race.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as he makes his closing argument Tuesday for a second term over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams.

Tricia Raffensperger blasted Sen. Kelly Loeffler for endangering her whole family by parroting Trump's 2020 election denial lies just to keep her job.

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules.

Libertarian Chase Oliver isn’t going to win Georgia’s pivotal Senate race.

The Georgia governor's race is a rematch of 2018, when Republican Brian Kemp narrowly defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams.

Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections.

The shadow of Donald Trump's tampering with the 2020 election in Georgia lands differently for the various Republicans running for office in 2022.

Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams have little wiggle room in their rematch this fall in the closely contested state.

Just 14,000 votes in Georgia in 2020 and a less than 1 percent of the vote in three key states in 2016 have now both had huge implications for our country.

Businessman Tim Michels has won Wisconsin's Republican nomination to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Republican hopes to reclaim a crucial governor’s seat in swing-state Wisconsin this year long appeared to rest on Rebecca Kleefisch.

The Trump Organization is under investigation for manipulating asset valuations for financial gain. Three Trump children have now been questioned in the probe.

Former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence, are campaigning Friday in Arizona for rival candidates for governor.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of Trump's allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state.

Republican primaries this year have revealed a new political strategy for numerous candidates.

More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.

Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for occasionally working with Democrats, Katie Arrington appeared at a “unity rally” to urge South Carolina Republicans to come together and back Rep. Nancy Mace in the fall general election.

Donald Trump extended his losing record in Georgia on Tuesday after two Trump-backed U.S. House candidates lost in landslides.

State Rep. Bee Nguyen will be the Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state in November.

At least a half-dozen GOP presidential prospects are planning Iowa visits this summer now that the state's June primary has come and gone.

A U.S. House runoff in Georgia next week pits a former Democratic elected official who's been endorsed by Donald Trump against the son of a onetime Republican congressman.

Trump's endorsed candidates suffered huge losses in the GOP primary for Georgia governor and secretary of state.

Amid criticism of other voting changes, few noticed in 2021 when Georgia lawmakers shortened the period between an election and a runoff from nine weeks to four weeks.

"I do want you to know that I pray for our president. Psalm 109:8 says, 'May his days be few and another take his office,'" Boebert said with a laugh.

Trump was said to be infuriated by the primary results in Georgia, where he had staked large amounts of political capital on dislodging the governor.

Kandiss Taylor came third in Georgia's GOP primary election, losing to Brian Kemp by more than 70 points. Despite this, she is refusing to concede.

In this edition: Lessons from all of May's primaries, redistricting madness drags into Memorial Day weekend, and the director of Justice Democrats lays out their new strategy to replace centrists.

The governor's race in Georgia between Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams promises to be a brutal battle that will further amp up the state's charged political environment.

The political landscape in Georgia — and nationally — has shifted significantly.

Donald Trump began May with a decisive win for a favored candidate in Ohio, catapulting a Senate hopeful to a primary victory.

How his 52-point loss stacks up to others in recent years.

Gov. Brian Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 gubernatorial clash.

Gov. Brian Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 gubernatorial clash.

Georgia Republicans nominated Governor Brian Kemp for a second term and picked Herschel Walker to run for the U.S. Senate. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams, while Walker will try to unseat Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock. (May 25)

Trump tried to make a statement in Georgia. He got drubbed.

The gubernatorial primary pitted a challenger backed by Trump against a sitting governor who easily won renomination.

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

The Republican governor methodically dismantled Trump-endorsed David Perdue's political operation, dealing the former president a big political loss.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the GOP primary for governor over former U.S. Senator David Perdue. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in November — a rematch of 2018.

The Republican who advances to the general will face Abrams, the progressive Democrat who narrowly lost to Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial contest.

Insider talked with dozens of Republicans across Georgia in the days leading up to Tuesday's primary where voters will pick between Brian Kemp and David Perdue to run against Democrat Stacey Abrams.

David Perdue is polling at a threshold where plenty of GOP candidates have wound up. For some in crowded races, it was good enough. That wouldn't be the case for him.

All eyes are on Georgia and GOP candidates peddling Trump's false election fraud claims.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not overturning the 2020 election results.

Perdue was referring to statements Abrams made Saturday during a fundraising dinner, in which she referred to the state’s poor ranking in multiple issues, including incarceration, mental health and maternal mortality rates. Kemp and Perdue are running against each other for the GOP nomination. Perdue, however, offered none of this context when attacking Abrams on Monday. “The only thing she wants is to be president of the United States,” Perdue said. “Stacey Abrams totally dominates Brian Kemp,” Trump said.

Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue doubled down on a racially charged, last-minute new line of attack aimed at Stacey Abrams, the likely Democratic nominee, in an interview Monday night.While addressing a crowd on the final day before the Republican primary, Perdue—who polls show trailing Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican who earned Trump’s ire when he refused to help “fix” Joe Biden’s win in the state in 2020—opened up a new line of attack on Abrams, telling the audience

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is making an in-person push for Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

"In retrospect, it's hard to understand David's campaign, and it's certainly not the campaign those of us who were for him expected," Gingrich told The New York Times of Perdue's race.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Georgia's Stacey Abrams has benefitted from being unopposed in the state's Democratic primary for governor by using the period to spread her message while Republicans have fought.

In Georgia, it has already been a historical race simply by the early voter turnout, which has shattered previous numbers.

In Georgia, it has already been a historical race simply by the early voter turnout which has shattered previous numbers.

GOP governors hatched a plan months ago that will culminate in a closely-watched gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary victories in Georgia.

MAGA world would rather sit out the Georgia governor's race in November than vote for the incumbent who certified President Joe Biden's 2020 win.

Dark on TV. Trailing badly in polls. Written off by Republican political insiders nationally and in Georgia. Former Sen.

Former Vice President Pence will rally for Kemp ahead of the May 24 primary, the campaign announced Friday. It marks a significant shift in Pence defying Trump and his chosen candidate for the race.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will campaign with Georgia’s incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month’s GOP primary in his most significant political break with former President Donald Trump to date.

A Georgia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue that alleged fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were counted in the state’s most populous county during the 2020 general election.

A Georgia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue that alleged fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were counted in the state's most populous county during the 2020 general election. Perdue filed the lawsuit, along with an individual voter, in December a few days after he announced that he would be challenging Gov. Brian Kemp in the Republican primary. Among other things, the suit sought access to examine absentee ballots, saying that would allow the petitioners to prove that there had been fraud in Fulton County.

A U.S. official familiar with the project says South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group is expected to announce its plans next week to build a massive electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia.

Republican David Perdue raised $2.3 million in the three months ended April 30, the former U.S. senator’s campaign reported Monday.

Former President Donald Trump enters the next stretch of the midterm campaign emboldened by primary victories but facing new risks.

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections.

Republicans who embraced discredited conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's 2020 defeat and preached skepticism about elections now need their supporters to trust the system enough to vote for them.

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams says donors gave $11.7 million to her campaign for governor in the three months ended April 30.

The primary election in Ohio stood as the first real test this midterm election season of former President Donald Trump's status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.

Hundreds of protesters already demonstrated outside the Supreme Court on Monday night.

Donald Trump is being investigated in Georgia over a call asking the secretary of state to find him votes to overturn a win there by President Joe Biden.

Voters across a dozen states are set to decide primary elections this month that will determine the people and priorities leading the GOP into the fall midterms and beyond.

After three Republican primary debates in Georgia's governor's race, a few things are clear: Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue wants the May 24 primary to be about the 2020 election, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp wants the election to be about his record, and when in doubt any Republican should say they're the one to beat Democrat Stacey Abrams in the fall. Sunday's debate sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club was a little different, with candidates Kandiss Taylor, Catherine Davis and Tom Williams included after the two earlier debates featured only Kemp and Perdue.

Challenger David Perdue has built his campaign on a false claim of election fraud and trails incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in the polls.

2022 has sent some signals that, Trump’s fixation aside, Republican voters are not as compelled by the need to prioritize “election fraud” as an electoral consideration.

Many who didn't embrace "stolen election" talk back in late 2020 are now running with it — but often not for the reasons cited by Trump.

Seeing Macron win in France, America's Trumpy far right knows that to win, it has to cheat. It has to lie and tear down trust in democratic processes.

Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is building his campaign around Donald Trump and veering to the right as he tries to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 GOP primary.

Photo Illustration by Kristen Hazzard/The Daily Beast/GettyLOUISVILLE, Georgia—It may have taken Gov. Brian Kemp a good half-hour to get there, but during his speech at a recent campaign stop in this small east Georgia town, he allowed himself to acknowledge the truth about the state of his Republican primary contest against former Sen. David Perdue.“I know some are getting a little confident,” Kemp said. “Which worries me.”Laughs rang out from the room, which was packed with local luminaries an

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republican challenger David Perdue are bickering over who was to blame for 2020 and 2021 Republican election losses in their first of three debates Sunday.

Democrat Stacey Abrams is asking a federal judge to shut down fundraising by a committee controlled by incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that can take unlimited contributions.

Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on environmental concerns.

A federal judge has ruled that Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under a new state law.

Former President Donald Trump has given $500,000 to a group that is now running ads attacking Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

He's backing former Sen. David Perdue in his primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp.

"I've been calling folks in those states and they're with us," Trump told Republican senators in a December 2020 call, according to a new book.

Opponents say abolishing the background check for a permit will ease the way for thousands of people to carry guns illegally.

When she narrowly lost her bid to become Georgia governor in 2018, Stacey Abrams announced plans to sue over the way the state’s elections were managed.

The 2022 session of the Georgia General assembly saw some bright moments of bipartisan cooperating, including a mental health overhaul.

When Democrat Stacey Abrams first ran for Georgia governor in 2018, her lackluster personal finances and a hefty bill from the IRS gave Republicans fodder to question how she could manage a state budget when she struggled with her own debts. Abrams now says she's worth $3.17 million, according to state disclosures filed in March. Since her 2018 defeat to Republican Brian Kemp, Abrams has become a leading voting rights activist.

Donald Trump is embracing longshot candidates and seeking to oust incumbents that did not overturn his defeat. Many of his chosen GOP candidates are struggling in Georgia and other states.

Former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) said he "misunderstood" supporters of former President Trump when they chanted "lock him up" during his remarks at a recent rally - comments that were purportedly aimed at Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, his opponent in the Peach State's GOP gubernatorial primary race.Trump held a rally in Georgia alongside Perdue on Saturday in support of the former senator's bid for the governor's mansion. During the event, Perdue...

The Trump-endorsed opponents to Georgia's incumbent governor and secretary of state demand that the state pretend Trump won in 2020.

The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in Georgia races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner.