“This Process Was Not Designed for People Who Look Like Me”: Georgia’s Electors Cast Their Historic Ballots for Joe Biden
Congresswoman-elect Nikema Williams speaks before members of Georgia’s Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta.John Bazemore/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.While the halls of Georgia’s state capitol…
Georgia Republicans Are Using Fake Claims of Fraud to Make It Harder to Vote
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on November 30 in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On November 30, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, held a press…
How Kelly Loeffler’s Firm Facilitated an Enron-Like Scandal
Ben Gray/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.At a debate on Sunday night, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican vying in one of the two critical January 5 Senate run-offs in Georgia, declared that she has been…
Georgia Didn’t Turn Blue Overnight. Just Ask the State’s Newest Member of Congress Nikema Williams.
If Nikema Williams knew November 13, 2018, would end the way it did, she says she would’ve worn a different outfit. That morning, donning a printed dress, red jacket, heeled boots, and a multistrand pearl set, the Georgia state senator said goodbye to her husband, made plans to pick up their 3-year-old later that afternoon,…
Runoff Elections in Georgia Are Disasters for Democrats. Here’s Why This Time Is Different.
Raphael Warnock greets Stacey Abrams during a campaign event in Atlanta on November 3.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On November 16, 2018, when she ended her bid to become…
Trump Once Again Bullies Georgia Governor to Overturn Election Results—This Time By Phone
President Donald Trump greets Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty during a campaign stop in September.Evan Vucci/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Trump placed a personal phone…