The Georgia Sec. of State’s Office announced an investigation opened in a rural southwest Georgia county after reports of a memory card issue during Tuesday’s elections.

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins via high turnout of voters of color, rural gains, flipping 7 Trump‑swing counties.

Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms won her election Tuesday, defeating Republican Rick Jackson. She will become the first Black woman to serve as governor in U.S. history.

Four years after helping Democrats win both US Senate seats in Georgia, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went looking for a candidate who could expand the party's map.

Single-holder executive offices only; excludes courts, commissions and federal offices. Data: Associated Press; Axios analysis; Chart: Andrew Pantazi/Axios Democrats' midterm gains extended deep into the machinery of state government: They swept every statewide executive office on the ballot in Texas, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona. Why it matters: These low-profile victories will shape what millions of Americans pay for electricity,...

For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...

After more than 20 years serving as the Hall and Dawson counties' chief prosecutor, District Attorney Lee Darragh has resigned, effective immediately.

Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.