Tag: Jon Ossoff
40 years after his father considered it, Derek Dooley is eyeing a U.S. Senate run. And he has a major endorsement.
It was just over 40 years ago, on July 25, 1985, that legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley shut down the rampant speculation that he was going to run for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the 1986 election. Now, his son Derek is considering running for the GOP nomination for the senate seat currently held by Democrat Jon Ossoff.
After viral video fame last summer, Georgia politico Parker Short is using his social media to get voters to “canvass and care.”
They say that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. For Parker Short, the preparation had been years in the making, from interning on Jon Ossoff’s first congressional campaign as a teenager to becoming the president of the Young Democrats of Georgia. Then opportunity knocked, in the form of a viral video.
Two tough fights loom now that Brian Kemp isn’t entering the U.S. Senate race
With Brian Kemp's announcement that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2026, his next steps are mere speculation at this point. He's mentioned frequently as a possible candidate for president in 2028. In the meantime, he can play a key role in supporting Republican candidates around the country next year.
How Georgia’s mail-delivery system sank to the nation’s worst—and what’s coming next
After a Palmetto, Georgia USPS facility opened, on-time deliveries dropped from 90 percent to a shocking 36 percent. Along with crucial documents such as court orders, prescription medications weren’t being delivered to many Georgians. Small businesses weren’t receiving supplies needed for their operations. So what happened? And what’s being done to fix it?
John Lewis, an avid stamp collector, honored with his own USPS Forever Stamp during an emotional ceremony
Like the rest of John Lewis’s life, the First Day of Issue Dedication Ceremony for his United States Postal Service Forever stamp, held Friday afternoon at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, proved emotional, inspirational, and educational.
Ask Atlanta: Will the city ever get high-speed rail?
In 1992, the Federal Railroad Administration first pitched the idea of five high-speed rail corridors around the country, including an initial Southeast route from Washington, D.C., to North Carolina; later in the decade, the FRA added Atlanta and Savannah to its plans. So: On its 30th anniversary, how are plans progressing? Slowly.
How Georgia became “the premier battleground state,” according to the AJC’s Greg Bluestein
In his new book, Flipped, AJC political reporter Greg Bluestein breaks down how Georgia Democrats pulled off their 2020 triple victory. He chatted with us about chronicling the historic race and what's next for Georgia politics.
Inside the battle for Fulton County’s votes
Reporter Johnny Kauffman spent four months embedded in the Fulton County elections department as its staff fought to protect democracy and their own lives—all while the eyes of the world were on Georgia.
Georgia Democrats Warnock and Ossoff win, will flip the U.S. Senate
The victory for both Warnock and Ossoff will lead to a 50-50 split for U.S. Senate control. With Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the tiebreaker, the Democrats will gain control of the Senate.
Loeffler and Warnock trade barbs in echo chamber of Senate runoff debate
On Sunday evening, three of the four Georgia candidates vying for a pair of U.S. Senate seats went toe-to-toe—or, in Jon Ossoff’s case, toe-to-vacant podium—on all things related to Covid-19 response, elections integrity, racial justice, and more
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