Politically Georgia Podcast

Georgia has had plenty of bruising intraparty brawls — but nothing quite like the big-money slugfest between Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

The Georgia Senate has now approved this legislation, sending it to Kemp’s desk. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

“It’s not just walking a tightrope. He has to hope for more than that. He’s got to walk the tightest tightrope and then hope for a disaster to win this.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Sam Nunn spent decades in the Senate during tumultuous times. I talked to him @ Iran, Congress and the nuclear threat. “It was a legitimate reason (to go to war)…Was war the best way, the only way? I don’t think so. I think diplomacy was still possible.” ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Shawn Harris walks ‘the tightest tightrope’ to flip deep-red Georgia seat ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Delta CEO Ed Bastian slams Congress for letting TSA funding lapse. ““It’s inexcusable that our security agents, front-line workers central to what we do, are not being paid. It’s ridiculous to see them used as political chips. We’re outraged.” ajc.com/news/2026/03/l…

Georgia lawmakers are fast-tracking a plan to suspend the state gas tax as fuel prices surge amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Republicans are trying to turn the partial government shutdown into a political weapon against Georgia Democrats, seizing on reports of hourslong lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

“I’m glad to see the gloves finally coming off, because this primary had been boring enough to require coffee. But sharper elbows alone are not enough.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

“I care more about the 11 million Georgians than I care about my opponents in this race. Certainly, they’re upset Geoff Duncan has come in and rocked their world — taking their fundraising dollars, taking their endorsements, taking their supporters.” ajc.com/politics/2026/…

GOP Senate hopeful Derek Dooley is the pod today. He said he supports the president, but he also didn’t sound like another “yes” man. Listen here—> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pol…

Catch today’s Politically Georgia podcast with Senate candidate Derek Dooley #gapol

Geoff Duncan on whether he’s a Republican Trojan horse: “I can assure every crowd I walk into: not a single political consultant ever gave me advice that if you want to be the next governor of Georgia, step away from your role as lieutenant governor, switch parties, campaign for Kamala Harris, speak at the DNC, show up as a Democrat, and it's going to be an easy road from there.” #gapol

The former football coach is trying to tap into a deeper frustration with Washington by arguing Congress has become too feeble, too tribal and too willing to be dominated by presidents of either party. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Their main target isn’t the front-runner, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Instead, they’re increasingly slamming one another. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has spent weeks saying lots of bad things about Rick Jackson, his Republican rival for governor. That’s what made Jackson’s latest TV spot so potent. ajc.com/politics/2026/…

A playoff college basketball game broke out at Emory University on Friday. So did a Jewish pride festival. ajc.com/politics/2026/…

What the numbers say about the race to replace Greene #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley is rolling out what he calls a “Georgia First Contract,” a five-part pledge meant to underscore his outsider credentials as he fights for a spot in an expected GOP runoff. ajc.com/politics/2026/…

Republicans avoided a dreaded runoff featuring controversial firebrand Colton Moore and instead rallied behind former prosecutor Clay Fuller, a more conventional GOP figure. But the results in MTG’s district suggest Republicans may have a broader problem. ajc.com/politics/2026/…