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Brian Kemp
voting rights
Mar. 12, 2021
Churchy Republicans Attack ‘Souls to the Polls’ A crackdown on Sunday voting is one of the more hypocritical of the voting-suppression methods pursued by Georgia’s Christian right.
By Ed Kilgore
Why the Voting-by-Mail Fight May Be a Sideshow Republicans and Democrats have seemingly fallen for Trump’s wrongful belief that it cost him the election.
By Ed Kilgore
republican party
Feb. 24, 2021
Agonized Georgia Republicans Long for Herschel Walker to Run for Senate A battered and deeply divided state party bent on suppressing Black votes could use a Trump-friendly Black sports legend.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Makes Georgia Senate Runoffs All About Himself Narcissistic to the very end, Trump has ensured that whatever happens in Georgia, the heaviest consequences will involve his own political future.
By Ed Kilgore
The Never-ending Coup Against Black America Historically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Georgia Senate Runoffs Head Toward a Dramatic Finish Amid epic spending and strong early voting, the contests that will determine Senate control remain in a dead heat.
By Ed Kilgore
It Sucks to Be Kelly Loeffler Georgia’s governor made her senator. Now Trump is demanding she stab him in the back.
By Ed Kilgore
troublemaker
Dec. 3, 2020
Will Trump’s Antics Suppress Republican Turnout in the Georgia Senate Runoffs? By falsely claiming the GOP-run election was stolen, he could damage his party in two very close Senate races it can’t afford to lose.
By Ed Kilgore
georgia senate runoffs
Nov. 30, 2020
Trump Divides Georgia Republicans Ahead of Crucial Senate Runoffs The GOP needs unity to win on January 5, but Trump’s still furious at Governor Brian Kemp for refusing to help him steal the 2020 election.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 21, 2020
Will Trump Screw Up Republican Efforts to Hang On to the Senate? Most Republicans want to move on, and fear the crucial Georgia Senate runoffs will become a referendum on Trump’s efforts to contest his defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 20, 2020
Georgia Certifies Biden Win, But Republican Infighting Continues Brad Raffensperger and Brian Kemp will help end the 2020 election, but the party’s split could get worse as crucial Senate runoffs approach.
By Ed Kilgore
The Voting ‘Irregularity’ in Georgia Is That Republicans Didn’t Win Republicans feel cheated because they were doing the cheating in the first place.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2020 elections
Sept. 21, 2020
Loeffler Ad Boasts She’s More Conservative Than Attila the Hun In a relentless Trumpier-than-thou competition with Doug Collins, the appointed senator’s extremism could cost her in a general-election runoff.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 22, 2020
Trump’s Latest Pitch to Suburbs: Demonizing Cities Trump hopes to frighten suburbanites about cities as sources of violence, crime, and lower home values. But it probably won’t work.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
July 19, 2020
Governor Kemp Attacks Atlanta Mayor As Georgia Outbreak Worsens Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called out the governor for making “personal” attacks and attempting to silence her as she upholds Atlanta’s mask mandate.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
July 16, 2020
Brian Kemp Attacks Local Government Mask Orders As other states move toward mask requirements, Kemp seems to be attempting to balance responsibility with “political incorrectness.”
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 14, 2020
Control of the U.S. Senate May Not Be Decided Until January in Georgia There’s a nontrivial chance that there may be one or even two general-election runoffs for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats on January 5.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 7, 2020
Loeffler Attacks WNBA for Honoring Black Lives Matter The endangered Georgia Republican senator triangulated against the league and the team she partly owns.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
June 17, 2020
Republicans Will Fight to Stop Expanded Voting by Mail in November Due to the coronavirus, most state primaries featured expanded vote-by-mail options, which Trump opposes. They may be nixed for the general election.
By Ed Kilgore
the body politic
June 12, 2020
Racism Doesn’t Blink The public performance of white supremacy is key to upholding it.
By Rebecca Traister
republican national convention
June 4, 2020
Republicans Relocate Convention, Seeking Freedom From Coronavirus Precautions Turns out Trump wasn’t bluffing about ditching North Carolina, but it’s unclear where he can have the unrestricted convention of his dreams.
By Ed Kilgore
No Employment Boom for Georgia After Reopening Brian Kemp’s gamble on a quick reopening hasn’t spiked COVID-19 cases yet. Nor has it so far produced any employment gains.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
May 19, 2020
Jon Ossoff’s Back, and Other News From Battleground Georgia The fundraising champ of 2017 is back for a Senate run in a state with more competitive contests than you can count.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
May 10, 2020
If Stacey Abrams Doesn’t Become Veep, a 2022 Rematch With Kemp Looks Promising If all else fails, the rising Democratic star from Georgia could hold Georgia’s governor accountable for his perilous COVID-19 policies.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Is Looking Like Trouble for Republicans in November Neither Trump nor Brian Kemp is getting rave reviews for handling COVID-19, and the Loeffler-Collins grudge match is dividing the GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Apr. 29, 2020
80 Percent of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Georgia Are African-American Amid CDC evidence that black Georgians are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, Kemp’s business reopenings could make things much worse.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 28, 2020
There’s Nothing Wrong With Stacey Abrams’s Campaign to Be Vice-President Team Biden started the conversation about Abrams as a possible veep. If she’s ready for that tough gig, she should continue to make her case.
By Ed Kilgore
Brian Kemp Doesn’t Answer to You He can “reopen” Georgia without fear because he’s insulated himself from democratic consequences.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
coronavirus
Apr. 23, 2020
Trump Throws Brian Kemp Under the Bus on Business Reopenings The Georgia governor thought he was following the president’s wishes by quickly reopening Georgia businesses. But Trump zigged when Kemp zagged.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Apr. 22, 2020
‘I’d Rather Be Alive’: Why Some Georgia Business Owners Are Not Reopening Many Georgia businesses can reopen over the next week, but not all of them will.
By Adam K. Raymond
coronavirus
Apr. 21, 2020
Georgia Risks Second Coronavirus Wave With Sudden Reopening of Businesses The state’s “politically incorrect conservative” governor jumps to the head of the pack in ending lockdowns before testing capacity is in place.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Movie Theaters Can Open Next Week, Says Governor Whether theaters will actually do that, of course, is a different question.
By Halle Kiefer
2020 elections
Apr. 16, 2020
Kelly Loeffler’s Money Is Her Biggest Problem and Her Only Hope The appointed senator has had months of bad publicity over unsavory stock deals, plus intraparty opposition perhaps backed by Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Governor Shows Remarkable Ignorance About How the Coronavirus Spreads Brian Kemp finally paid attention to evidence that asymptomatic people can transmit the illness, and imposed a tardy stay-at-home order.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Mar. 31, 2020
Will Republican Governors Follow Trump’s Lead on Coronavirus Lockdowns? Trump is currently listening to public-health experts on stopping the spread of COVID-19. But GOP governors on the front lines need to follow suit.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Mar. 19, 2020
All 236 Georgia Legislators Exposed to Coronavirus A legislator who was symptomatic showed up for a special legislative session, and then tested positive for COVID-19.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppression
Feb. 27, 2020
Brian Kemp Seemed to Really Enjoy Suppressing Votes, Congressional Report Finds “Good work, this story is so complex folks will not make it all the way through it.”
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2020 elections
Jan. 29, 2020
Trump Pit Bull Doug Collins Jumps Into the Georgia Senate Race, Dividing the GOP Appointed GOP senator Kelly Loeffler has a 2020 opponent who is manifestly Trumpier than she is.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 27, 2020
For Republican Senators, Fealty to Trump Is the Only Law Appointed Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler shivs her old friend Mitt Romney in the name of the president over his call to hear John Bolton’s testimony.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppression
Dec. 30, 2019
Georgia Republicans Secure Another Victory in Their Latest Voter Purge A federal judge’s latest ruling is bad news for voting-rights advocates, including the Stacey Abrams–founded organization Fair Fight Georgia.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
voter suppression
Dec. 18, 2019
Georgia Republicans Purged 4 Percent of the State’s Voter Registrations The state ended 309,000 voter registrations overnight. It’s unclear when — or if — many of the eligible voters affected will get their rights back.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
voter suppression
Dec. 13, 2019
Georgia Is Really Good at Making It Hard for Black People to Vote, Study Finds A new analysis reveals the impact of precinct closures and poll-site relocations on voter turnout.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Georgia Governor Will Defy Trump, Appoint ‘RINO’ Senator Brian Kemp will tap executive Kelly Loeffler over Trump-approved Doug Collins, raising the possibility of a contentious future primary.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 26, 2019
After Meeting, Trump and Georgia Governor Still at Odds on Senate Pick At this point, neither the president nor Brian Kemp is backing down on their favorites for the vacant spot.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 22, 2019
Trump and Kemp Butt Heads Over Georgia Senate Appointment Trump wants his impeachment pit bull Doug Collins in the Senate, but Brian Kemp wants someone — perhaps a woman — who can do well in the suburbs.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppresion
Oct. 31, 2019
The Era of the Voter Purge in Georgia Continues Over 313,000 Georgia voters are set to be purged from the rolls in December.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2020 elections
Sept. 27, 2019
Disgraced Former Trump Cabinet Member Wants to Be Appointed to the U.S. Senate Tom Price flew his way out of his job as HHS Secretary with travel expenses, but is applying for an open Senate seat.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Sept. 19, 2019
So You Want to Be a U.S. Senator? Georgia governor Brian Kemp has thrown open the door to anybody who wants to apply to fill the seat Johnny Isakson is giving up at year’s end.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 senate elections
Aug. 28, 2019
Battleground Georgia: Isakson’s Retirement Gives State Two 2020 Senate Races It’s looking like Georgia will be a Democratic target across the board in 2020, even though Stacey Abrams cannot be talked into a Senate race.
By Ed Kilgore
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