By Maya Homan | Reporter
Happy Saturday, everyone.
Georgia’s thunderstorms may have cleared up for now, but the news just keeps rolling in. First up, we have a story from reporter Alander Rocha, who gives us the latest update on lawmakers’ agenda for a June 17 special session.
Next, we take a closer look at recent elections for Georgia’s Supreme Court. The races are nonpartisan, but some observers have drawn comparisons to states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where political parties, interest groups and outside donors have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years to influence judicial races.
We’ve also got deputy editor Ross Williams’ dispatch from the campaign trail, where the Democratic nominees for governor and U.S. Senate have teamed up in the hopes that a tandem campaign will help them achieve victory.
Let’s dive in.
Kemp issued an amended proclamation Wednesday adding three new tasks for the legislature to consider in a special legislative session starting on June 17. (Photo by Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
By Alander Rocha
A June special session aimed at redrawing the state’s political map and addressing election ballot QR codes just got busier after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued an amended proclamation adding three new tasks for the Legislature to consider when they gavel in.
Two incumbent justices on Georgia's Supreme Court survived Democratic-backed challengers during the May nonpartisan election. Pictured clockwise from the top left: Presiding Justice Sarah Warren, former state Sen. Jen Jordan, attorney Miracle Rankin and Justice Charlie Bethel. File photos.
ELECTION 2026
By Maya Homan
Democrats had high hopes of tipping the balance on Georgia’s highest court during the state’s nonpartisan elections in May. But despite $8 million in spending from the Democratic Party of Georgia to unseat two Republican-appointed justices, both incumbents managed to hold onto their seats. Are judicial elections in the Peach State heading in the same direction as states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?
From left, Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running for governor, and U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff at a rally in Atlanta on May 31, 2026. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)
ELECTION 2026
By Ross Williams
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are two names you might be hearing together quite a bit in the coming months.
The Democratic duo held their first public event together Sunday when Bottoms joined Ossoff on stage at his rally in Atlanta, signaling that the pair would be a united front this year.
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