Obama fires up Georgia Democrats

By Jill Nolin | Editor

By Alander Rocha and Maya Homan

With a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s mansion and a slew of other statewide races on the ballot, former President Barack Obama visited Georgia Wednesday to fire up supporters to elect a slate of Democrats and send a message to the White House. 

The former president joined U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is up for reelection, and Democratic nominee for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, in a jam-packed arena in Morrow, which is just south of Atlanta. 

The rally also featured other Democratic candidates running for statewide office, including state Rep. Tanya Miller, who is running for attorney general, Penny Brown Reynolds, who is running for secretary of state, and state Sen. Josh McLaurin, who is running for lieutenant governor.

Already, 2.2 million Georgians have cast a ballot as of Wednesday, with just two more days to vote early. Election Day is Tuesday.

By Ross Williams

They say all politics is local, and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp seems to hope that holds true next week.

Kemp has been traveling the state singing the praises of the man he hopes will take over his job after this year, Republican businessman Rick Jackson. Kemp is set to complete his second and final term in January, and Jackson is locked in a tight race with Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms to succeed him.

At a campaign stop in DeKalb County Tuesday, Kemp urged supporters to focus their closing message on Republican results in Georgia rather than what is coming out of Washington.

By David Lightman

Most of the nation returns to standard time Sunday morning, and Congress could decide as early as next month whether it will be the last time people have to change their clocks.

President Donald Trump wants year-round daylight saving time. The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly in July for the change. Lots of Democrats and Republicans are behind the idea.

Yet, any momentum has stalled. The legislation can’t get out of the U.S. Senate, and it looks unlikely there’ll be much progress anytime soon.

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