What Is Going on With Georgia’s Board of Elections? In 2020, the state’s Republican governor and secretary stood down Trump’s efforts to “find” the votes to overturn the election. Now, the MAGA-dominated elections board has other ideas.
Raphael Warnock
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Political Lessons of 2022 from Bill Scher
Our prescient political writer explains why swing voters matter, why bipartisanship is popular and possible, and how to beat voter suppression.
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Georgia’s Election Laws Couldn’t Stop Raphael Warnock
Critics of the changes to state voting laws called them “Jim Crow 2.0.”
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Herschel Walker and the Moral Bankruptcy of Anti-Abortion Leaders
As the “pro-life” candidate faces charges of paying for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, leading advocates of criminalizing abortion shrug and rally behind the Republican.
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On Abortion, All Democratic Roads Lead to Court Packing
After Roe v. Wade, neither progressives nor the White House want to focus on expanding the Supreme Court to reverse the decision. They should.
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Can Democrats Hold Georgia?
The party did everything right to win the state in 2020—and the Republicans did everything wrong.
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What Brought About the Historic Sea Change in Georgia?
Credit goes to the Black women who have been organizing for years.
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Electoral College Certification is Dividing the GOP. Good.
Democrats can’t reject all Republicans as deplorables. They need to find the ones they can work with.
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Warnock Wins. Ossoff-Perdue Race Tight. Democrats Are Poised to Take U.S. Senate.
Black Pastor makes history. Stunning defeat for McConnell, Trump. Democrats could control the White House and Congress for the first time in over a decade.
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Democrats Close to Capturing U.S. Senate
Close Results in Georgia Runoffs. Warnock poised to be state’s first Black U.S. Senator. Ossoff has more ground to make up. Perdue, Loeffler running out of paths to victory
