Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia,with executive offices also located in Birmingham,Alabama. The company is the second largest utility company in the U.S. in terms of customer base,as of 2021. Through its subsidiaries it serves 9 million gas and electric utility customers in 6 states. Southern Company's regulated regional electric utilities serve a 120,000-square-mile (310,000 km2) territory with 27,000 miles (43,000 km) of distribution lines.
The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,also known as Plant Vogtle,is a four-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County,near Waynesboro,Georgia,in the southeastern United States.
The Georgia Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Georgia and one of the two major political parties. It is the current favored party in the state and is chaired by Joshua McKoon.
Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia,United States. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company.
Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGLC),commonly still known as Atlanta Gas Light (AGL),is the largest natural gas wholesaler in the Southeast U.S.,and is the leading subsidiary of parent company Southern Company Gas. It was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Atlanta,as is Southern Company Gas. It provides distribution and metering to more than 1.6 million residential,commercial,and industrial customers in 243 communities throughout the state of Georgia.
Luis Alberto Aguilar is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official.
The 1973 Atlanta mayoral election was held on October 16,1973,in Atlanta,Georgia. Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson was elected as the city's first African-American mayor,defeating incumbent Mayor Sam Massell.
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) is a statutory organ of the state government of Georgia;elected among five commission districts,the board consists of a Chairman,a Vice-chairman,and three Commissioners. PSC regulates telecommunications,transportation,electric and natural gas services in the U.S. state of Georgia. Commissioners are elected in partisan elections statewide,though they must reside in a district.
Tim G. Echols is an elected official originally from Clayton County,Georgia,who was elected to the Athens-area seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission as a Republican in 2010. Echols unsuccessfully attempted to be appointed to the United States Senate in 2019. Echols currently serves as vice-chairman of the commission.
Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician,lawyer,voting rights activist,and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017,serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Abrams founded Fair Fight Action,an organization to address voter suppression,in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia,including in the 2020 presidential election,when Joe Biden narrowly won the state,and in Georgia's 2020–21 regularly scheduled and special U.S. Senate elections,which gave Democrats control of the Senate.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 6,2018. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2018. The Republican Party won every statewide office in 2018.
A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district was held on April 18,2017,with a runoff held two months later on June 20. Republican Karen Handel narrowly defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff vote,51.8% to 48.2%. Handel succeeded Tom Price,who resigned from the seat following his confirmation as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. The runoff election was necessary when no individual candidate earned the majority of votes in the election on April 18. Ossoff received 48.1% of the vote in the first round,followed by Handel with 19.8%.
The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. It was held concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election,as well as elections for the United States Senate and elections for the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Incumbent Secretary of State Brian Kemp chose not to run for re-election and instead ran successfully for governor. Since no candidate received the requisite 50 percent of the vote,the top two candidates,Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger proceeded to a runoff on December 4,2018.
Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia,from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor,she was a member of the Atlanta City Council,representing part of Southwest Atlanta. Bottoms did not run for a second term as mayor. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the DNC for the 2021–2025 term. In June 2022,Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement where she served until February 2023. Bottoms currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.
The 2020 Georgia Public Service Commission election was held on November 3,2020,to elect two members to the Georgia Public Service Commission,concurrently with the presidential election as well as both a regular and special election to the U.S. Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. While Republican incumbent appointee Jason Shaw defeated Democrat Robert Bryant for District 1,Republican incumbent Lauren "Bubba" McDonald was forced to a runoff against Democrat Daniel Blackman for District 4. While the runoff was initially scheduled for December 3,it was moved by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to the January 5,2021 runoff,alongside the runoff elections for both Senate seats.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
Steve Koonin is the chief executive officer of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena. He is the former president of Turner Broadcasting System. Koonin chairs the Georgia Aquarium and is on the boards of TKO Group Holdings,Rubicon Technologies,Fox Theatre,Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,Emory Healthcare,and the Woodruff Arts Center.
Nicole Love Hendrickson is an American elected official serving as the chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners. She is the only full-time and at-large commissioner in the county. Hendrickson is the first African-American and person of color,and the third woman,to serve as the county's chair.
Terrell Fitz Johnson is an American soldier,businessman,and public official from Georgia. Appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in July 2021,he is the second African American and first Black Republican to serve on the Georgia Public Service Commission. He is a former owner of the Atlanta Beat soccer club.
Redistricting in Georgia is the process by which boundaries are redrawn for federal congressional and state legislative districts. Since statehood,redistricting in Georgia has been carried out by the Georgia General Assembly. It has historically been highly controversial. Critics have accused legislators of attempting to protect themselves from competition by gerrymandering districts.
