Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia,located in the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census,the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county,after Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Its county seat is Marietta;its largest city is Mableton.
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 currently the dominant party in the state and is chaired by Joshua McKoon.
The Georgia State University College of Law is a law school located in downtown Atlanta,Georgia. Founded in 1982,it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches:the legislature,executive,and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances",each of these branches has some authority to act on its own,some authority to regulate the other two branches,and has some of its own authority,in turn,regulated by the other branches. The seat of government for Georgia is located in Atlanta.
Leonard Edwin Setzler is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Georgia Senate since 2023. From 2005 until 2023,he represented the 35th district in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Jeremy H. Oden is an American politician and is a member of the Republican Party. Oden is the current Place 1 Commissioner on the Alabama Public Service Commission. Prior to joining the PSC,Oden was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. He was first elected to the State House in 1998 and resigned effective December 3,2012. He had previously run unsuccessfully for the state house in 1994.
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.
Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician serving since January 2019 as the 83rd governor of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to 2018,and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
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.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Georgia enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT people. LGBT rights in the state have been a recent occurrence,with most improvements occurring from the 2010s onward. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1998,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy law. Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since 2015,in accordance with Obergefell v. Hodges. In addition,the state's largest city Atlanta,has a vibrant LGBT community and holds the biggest Pride parade in the Southeast. The state's hate crime laws,effective since June 26,2020,explicitly include sexual orientation.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 4,2014. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives and all seats in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014. Primary runoffs,necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,were held on July 22,2014.
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.
The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term,defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. The primary occurred on May 24,2022. Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 9,2023.
Verda M. Colvin is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Charles "Chuck" Eaton Jr. is a Judge on the Fulton County Superior Court in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. He was appointed to the Court by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on August 12,2021.
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.
Andrew Alan Pinson is an American lawyer who was appointed to serve as an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court since 2022. He served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2022.
Scott F. McAfee is an American judge serving on the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia since 2023. Judge McAfee was the Georgia inspector general from 2021 to 2023. Prior to his current appointment,Judge McAfee served as a senior assistant district attorney in Fulton County and an assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
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.
