Tag: Georgia

Nolan Lakvold, 17 months, waits for his mother, Kathryn Lakvold, right, to finish voting on Election Day in Augusta, Ga.

Beltway Confidential

Georgia needs election security, not more bickering

Erin Dunne · November 9, 2018 11:51 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally for Omaha Democratic mayoral candidate Heath Mello, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb.

Bernie Sanders: ‘White folks’ may have felt too ‘uncomfortable’ to vote for black candidates

Naomi Lim · November 8, 2018 7:03 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp speaks during a "Get Out The Vote" rally at the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 in Dalton, Ga. Republican Brian Kemp is facing off against Democrat Stacey Abrams for governor in Georgia.

Brian Kemp resigns as Georgia secretary of state

Katelyn Caralle · November 8, 2018 3:56 pm

FILE - In a Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 file photo, Democrat Lucy McBath speaks during a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, at Morehouse College in Atlanta. McBath and GOP Rep. Rob Woodall faced a risk of losing their seats Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 as election returns showed them in perilously tight races with Democratic challengers in a pair of suburban Atlanta districts long considered safe for the GOP.

Karen Handel loses Georgia seat after 2017 special election triumph over Jon Ossoff

Diana Stancy Correll · November 8, 2018 3:14 pm

Democratic candidate for Arizona governor David Garcia (pictured right) pauses as he gives his concession speech while his wife, Lori (pictured left), applauds at an election night gathering for Democrats on Tuesday in Phoenix.

Beltway Confidential

Progressive candidates blew it in the competitive midterm races

Becket Adams · November 8, 2018 12:20 am

The media’s Democrat darlings of the midterm elections all failed

Eddie Scarry · November 8, 2018 12:00 am

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp speaks with supporters after a long election night in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

In Georgia governor’s race, a looming question mark for the GOP

Erin Dunne · November 7, 2018 5:16 pm

Former President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

Obama praises Americans for electing leaders who 'look like America'

Caitlin Yilek · November 7, 2018 5:00 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Obama loses again

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 7, 2018 5:54 am

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Secretary of State Brian Kemp arrives to an election-night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Athens, Ga.

Voters sue to stop Brian Kemp from overseeing Georgia election results

Melissa Quinn · November 7, 2018 12:49 am

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp casts his ballot.

The man in charge of overseeing Georgia’s elections had trouble voting on Election Day

Kelly Cohen · November 7, 2018 12:20 am

AP Photo

Georgia precinct to stay open late after electronic voting problems

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2018 11:30 pm