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Bullock was the first Republican governor of Georgia, but he was threatened with impeachment and fled the state in 1871, leaving the governorship to Benjamin Conley, the president of the Georgia Senate. (In modern times the lieutenant governor is the next in line if the governor cannot serve, but the role of lieutenant governor had not yet been ...
Also in 2022, Republicans however did win every statewide office in Georgia by margins of 5-10%, and incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won reelection by a raw margin of over 300,000 votes at 7.5% over Democrat Stacey Abrams. In 2024, Donald Trump flipped Georgia back into the Republican column winning it by 2.2%.
Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor has unveiled a plan to roll back regulations in a similar style to what Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing at the federal level in Washington, D.C.
The state swung over dramatically to support Goldwater—the first time it had gone Republican in a presidential election in American history. In time, the Republican Party of Georgia would field competitive candidates and win races for seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans also began making gains at the state ...
The deep mistrust between conservatives and Republican election officials in Georgia is hampering efforts to slow the tide of election misinformation swirling in this pivotal battleground.
State flag (1956–2001) In early 1955, chairman of the State Democratic Party and attorney for the Association County Commissioners of Georgia John Sammons Bell (who later served as a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals) suggested a new state flag for Georgia that would incorporate the Confederate Battle Flag. At the 1956 session of the ...
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a top Trump ally in the House and one of the best known members of Congress, keeps the door wide open to possible runs for Senate or governor in 2026.
The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary.