By Jill Nolin | Editor
There are a dozen legislative primaries that remain unsettled, including one that has an incumbent fighting to hang onto her seat. We have a handy rundown today on which ones are still up in the air.
Candidates in five state Senate districts and seven state House districts will advance to runoffs to replace lawmakers who are retiring, have resigned or are seeking statewide office. Aaleah McConnell/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Maya Homan
Voters across the state will head back to the polls next month after a number of state legislative candidates failed to reach the majority vote needed to avoid a runoff election.
Candidates in five state Senate seats are hoping to fill seats vacated by senators who had eyes for higher office. Three of the races will be held on the Democratic ticket, and the remaining two races will be on the Republican ballot.
Carmen Cancino and her daughter Ximena Lopez at a December protest against arrests of immigrants at green card appointments in Salt Lake City. The Trump administration is threatening to force legal immigrants applying for green cards to return home first and wait for processing. (Photo by Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch)
IMMIGRATION
By Tim Henderson
Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration announced Friday.
“An alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply,” Zach Kahler, a spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a statement.
The change would apply to workers on temporary visas, as well as to people living here illegally but hoping for legal status through sponsorship by relatives such as spouses or children who are U.S. citizens.
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ICYMI FROM THE RECORDER
Georgia voters pick likely future congresswoman, send other hopefuls to runoffs | Ross Williams and Alander Rocha
Georgia Supreme Court candidates turn to U.S. Supreme Court for help in dispute over campaign speech | Maya Homan
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