The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta,Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. The two staffs were combined in 1982. Separate publication of the morning Constitution and the afternoon Journal ended in 2001 in favor of a single morning paper under the Journal-Constitution name.
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2023,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. The current House Speaker is Jon G. Burns.
Georgia State Prison was the main maximum-security facility in the US state of Georgia for the Georgia Department of Corrections. It was located in unincorporated Tattnall County. First opened in 1938,the prison housed some of the most dangerous inmates in the state's history,and it was the site of Georgia's death row until 1980.
In the 2006 Georgia elections,Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue,the first Republican Governor of Georgia since reconstruction,was re-elected over then-Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D).
Jan Slaughter Jones is an American politician in Georgia. A Republican,she has been a member of the Georgia House of Representatives since 2003,and was acting Speaker of the House from November 2022 to January 2023 following the death of former Speaker David Ralston. Jones serves as Speaker pro tempore of the House,a position she has held continuously since 2010 with the exception of her brief stint as acting Speaker. She is the state representative for Georgia's 47th House district,which covers some of the northern Atlanta suburbs,including parts of Milton,Roswell,Alpharetta,Mountain Park,and unincorporated Cherokee County.
John Thomas Graves Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. Graves previously served one term as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2010 to 2013,following his victory in a special election held to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Nathan Deal. Before his election to Congress,Graves served as a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Georgia,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states,to the United States House of Representatives,and to various other state and local offices.
Mable Thomas is an American politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 56. She previously represented District 55,which includes areas immediately west and southwest of Downtown Atlanta and areas west and northwest of Midtown Atlanta.
Dar'shun Nicole Kendrick is an American attorney and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives,representing the 95th district;she previously represented the 94th and 93rd districts. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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%.
Dee Dawkins-Haigler is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat,she was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 91st district from 2008 until 2017. She has also run twice as a candidate for secretary of state of Georgia. She is a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district and as Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. The district includes almost three-fourths of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 2017-2021. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
Rebecca N. Farmer Evans is a Georgia state representative from Atlanta,Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party,she defeated Democratic Party incumbent Howard Mosby,in November 2018. She now represents the 89th district. She succeeded Bee Nguyen in 2023.
Bee Nguyen is an American nonprofit executive and politician who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 89th District from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected during a special election in December 2017 to fill the seat vacated following Stacey Abrams's resignation in August 2017 to focus on her run for governor. Nguyen is the first Vietnamese-American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Georgia,one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Elizabeth Bachman Moore is an American attorney and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 95th District,serving from 2019 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. At the time Moore represented the 95th District it included the cities of Peachtree Corners,Berkeley Lake,Duluth,Norcross,and Johns Creek. The district included citizens of both Gwinnett and Fulton counties. As of 2022,District 95 was changed to a completely different area south of Snellville and north of Stonecrest and Conyers.
David Dreyer is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and a member of the Democratic Party representing the House District 59.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Georgia,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Georgia gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,and various state and local elections.
Zulma P. Lopez is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat,Lopez represented the 86th District of the Georgia House of Representatives,which encompasses a part of metro Atlanta,from January 2021 to January 2023. On February 4,2022,Lopez announced she would not be seeking re-election in the Georgia House of Representatives.
