Georgia Secretary of State-elect Penny Brown Reynolds met privately with outgoing official Brad Raffensperger at the state Capitol to coordinate an executive transition focused on implementing a new voting system across 159 counties and expanding consumer fraud enforcement.

Danielle Nottingham explains why voters are finally trusting Black women to lead, as a Spelman College scholar breaks down eight historic statewide wins in Georgia.

Gov. Keisha Lance Bottoms joins The Lead.

A vote-counting discrepancy in Seminole County changed who was leading a closely contested Georgia House race.

A sociology professor explains how Georgia is seeing a historic political shift this midterm election.

Democrats swept into power last week as voters also embraced tougher criminal penalties and restrictions on bail. Why it matters: Six years after the George Floyd protests, Democrats won big without promising a return to sweeping 2020-era reforms. Some even adopted border-security rhetoric associated with Republicans. Democrats gained at least 12 state legislative chambers and won governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. By the...

The trajectory of education policy in a trio of historically red states is about to see a major shake-up after voters there elected Democratic governors for the first time in decades. For years, positions on school choice LGBTQ topics in classrooms and efforts either for or against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have expanded cultural […]

Democratic Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms told a historic African American megachurch that “God told me to” run for governor and was with her “on the campaign trail.”

The Atlanta pastor praised Georgia’s first Black woman governor during Sunday worship and defended the Black church’s role in politics.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — Seminole County Elections officials have verified their election results following the discovery of hundreds of previously unreported Election Day results. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger launched an investigation into Seminole County’s late upload of hundreds of votes. The discovery of the uncounted votes changed the outcome of the State House […]