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Jun 12, 2020 7 tweets 7 min read Read on X
The latest county absentee returns show Democrat @Carolyn4GA7 is hovering at 49.4% of the vote, just shy of an outright victory with thousands of absentee ballots left to count. #gapol #ga07 ImageImage
Math is hard and my one’s look like sevens. I meant 48.9%. #ga07 Image
In Georgia’s 7th, Carolyn Bourdeaux inches closer to an outright win, and her allies are optimistic she can get there given absentee ballot trends. (Some of her rivals, too, say they won’t be surprised if she tops 50%). #gapol #ga07 Image
Bourdeaux is now on the cusp of the 50% mark with a new trove of absentee ballots expected to be tallied soon that could put her over the top. #gapol #ga07 Image
Democrat @Carolyn4GA7 has just inched just above the 50% mark as more absentee ballots are tallied. There are still about 15k #ga07 ballots to count, and some of her rivals privately expect she’s going to win this race outright and face Republican @RichforGA in November. #gapol ImageImage
“While we believe every ballot must be counted, Carolyn is securing a majority of votes with record-setting Democratic turnout.” Bourdeaux’s latest memo highlights data that suggest she’s headed to a clear outright primary win. #gapol #ga07 Image
The #ga07 race looks over to me, based on convos with campaigns & absentee ballot trends, with an outright victory for @Carolyn4GA7. National outlets that called the race as a runoff earlier have rescinded their projection, and seem set to declare her the primary victor. #gapol Image

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Oct 26, 2023
Just in: A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s congressional and legislative maps, ruling that they violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Georgia lawmakers have until Dec. 8 to draw new lines, setting up a special legislative session. #gapol Image
The ruling is a victory for Democrats and their allies who challenged the maps, contending they illegally diluted the voting power of Black Georgians. And some Democrats were already lining up to run in GOP-leaning districts that could be redrawn. #gapol
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The decision could result in the election of additional Black representatives next year, with Democrats hoping to gain a seat in the U.S. House, where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority, @markniesse reports. #gapol ajc.com/politics/break…
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Brian Kemp on why he’ll back Donald Trump if he wins the GOP nod, even though he tormented the governor for much of the last three years: “Despite all of that, despite all of his other trials and tribulations, he would still be a lot better than Biden." ajc.com/politics/polit…
Kemp also urged hardline Republicans in the U.S. House to “pass the damn bill” to fund the government and avoid a shutdown or risk damaging political backlash. And he endorsed maintaining a robust level of military aid for Ukraine. #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
The second-term Republican also discussed his decision not to run for president next year and, for now, downplayed talk of a 2026 bid for U.S. Senate against Democrat Jon @ossoff. #gapol Image
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Sep 8, 2023
A judge has just released the full report compiled by a Fulton County special grand jury that laid the groundwork for the election interference indictments last month against Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants. documentcloud.org/documents/2394…
The special grand jury recommended charges be brought against dozens of officials with “respect to the national effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election” — including former U.S. Sens. David Perdue (17-4 vote) and Kelly Loeffler (14-6 vote). #gapol

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The special grand jury report also recommended charges be brought against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who was a state senator when he served as a fake GOP elector in December 2020. Image
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Aug 30, 2023
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns has some pointed words about a far-right Republican’s fantasy push to impeach Fani Willis in a letter to the GOP caucus.
“Targeting one specific DA in this manner certainly flaunts the idea of separation of powers, if not outright violates it.” 1/


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“A select few are calling to defund a duly-elected district attorney of this state and her office in an attempt to interfere with the criminal justice system,” Burns writes of Sen. Colton Moore’s politically impossible call for a special session to oust Willis. #gapol Image
This is like 2020 all over again as Trump presses Georgia lawmakers to do something that they can’t legally do. Back then, it was overturning the election results. Now it’s calling a special legislative session to oust District Attorney Fani Willis from office. #gapol
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Aug 23, 2023
Two former Georgia GOP officials charged in the sprawling indictment against Donald Trump and his allies turned themselves in to authorities early Wednesday at the Fulton County Jail. #gapol

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Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro and Atlanta attorney Ray Smith were booked at the Fulton County Jail this morning.

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Aug 14, 2023
Fulton County prosecutors are expected to begin presenting their election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies to a grand jury this morning. ajc.com/politics/happe…
District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to pursue racketeering charges against Trump and a host of his allies related to their work to overturn the results of Georgia’s last presidential election. She could announce as soon as Tuesday. #gapol ajc.com/politics/happe…
The scene outside the Fulton County courthouse right now … #gapol
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