Oglethorpe County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 14,825. The county seat is Lexington.
Cedartown is a city and the county seat of Polk County,Georgia,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 10,190. Cedartown is the principal city of the Cedartown micropolitan area,which is included in the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke–Sandy Springs combined statistical area.
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. As of 2025,he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident on 17 October 2000,at Hatfield,Hertfordshire. It was caused by a metal fatigue-induced derailment,killing four people and injuring more than 70.
William Julius Harris was a United States senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks,who had been a Representative from North Carolina,and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler,Confederate General and Representative from Alabama.
David Ralston was an American attorney and a Republican politician who was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 until his death. From 2010 onwards,he was also its 73rd Speaker of the House. Ralston was the longest-serving Republican Speaker in state history and the longest-serving Speaker of the Georgia General Assembly since Tom Murphy.
Georgia's 14th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. Located in Northwest Georgia,it was created following the 2010 census,when the state gained a 14th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+22,it is tied with the 9th district for the most Republican congressional district in Georgia.
Troy Xavier Kelley is an American attorney,businessman,politician,and convicted felon who served as the 10th Washington State Auditor from 2013 to 2017,and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a lieutenant colonel JAG officer in the Washington National Guard. Kelley was a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 28th Legislative District from 2007 to 2013. In 2017 he was convicted of multiple counts of possession of stolen property,making false declarations in a court proceeding and tax fraud.
Earl LeRoy "Buddy" Carter is an American pharmacist and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district since 2015. The district is based in Savannah and includes most of the state's coastal southern portion. A member of the Republican Party,Carter served as a Georgia state representative (2005–2009) and Georgia state senator (2009–2014).
Christopher Aaron Corley is an American politician. He is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 84th District,serving from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Christopher Michael Carr is an American lawyer and politician. A Republican,he is the current attorney general of Georgia. In 2016,Governor Nathan Deal appointed Carr as Attorney General to fill a vacancy created by the departure of former attorney general Sam Olens. Carr was elected to a four-year term in Georgia's 2018 statewide elections. He won a second term in the 2022 Georgia attorney general election. Carr is a candidate for the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election.
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.
The 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 4,1958,concurrent with a regular election. The election was called due to the death of Senator Matthew M. Neely.
The Charlottesville car attack was a white supremacist terrorist attack perpetrated on August 12,2017,when James Alex Fields Jr. deliberately drove his car into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,Virginia,killing one person and injuring 35. Fields,20,had previously espoused neo-Nazi and white supremacist beliefs,and drove from Ohio to attend the rally.
Bradford Jay Raffensperger is an American businessman,civil engineer,and politician serving as the secretary of state of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives,representing District 50.
On the evening of July 19,2018,a duck boat operated by Ride the Ducks sank on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks near Branson,Missouri,in the United States. The amphibious vehicle sank with 31 people on board,leaving 17 dead,during high winds associated with nearby severe thunderstorms as part of a significant derecho and tornado outbreak.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
On August 7,2020,Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis,an unarmed 60-year-old American carpenter,was fatally shot by Georgia State Patrol officer Jacob Gordon Thompson,on a rural road in Screven County,Georgia. Thompson attempted to stop Lewis for driving a vehicle with a broken tail light. When Lewis failed to stop,Thompson performed a PIT maneuver to force Lewis's car into a ditch and shot Lewis once in the face. On August 14,Thompson was charged with felony murder.
The United States Capitol in Washington,D.C.,became the meeting place of the United States Congress when the building was initially completed in 1800. Since that time,there have been many violent and dangerous incidents,including shootings,fistfights,bombings,poisonings and a major riot.
