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Sure, the official overriding reason was to elect a new Georgia GOP chairman and a slate of other officers.

After appearing at a weekend fundraiser for Senate Democrats, party leaders expect Michelle Nunn to make a final decision on the Georgia Senate race within weeks.

Eight members of Congress say they're concerned Google's wearable computer, Google Glass, could violate the privacy "of the average American." The lawmakers said they worry Google Glass users could identify people on the street and access individuals' addresses, marital status, work history and hobbies, The Hill reported Friday.

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

"Lies straight from the pit of hell," "War of Yankee Aggression," and nine other quotes from actual politicians seeking statewide office in the 21st century.

One of the most striking aspects of the 2012 elections is that Republicans won their third-largest House majority since the late 1920s while losing the popular vote.

At least three Georgia elected officials on both sides of the aisle have publicly called for the Obama administration to explain three recent missteps that have taken center stage in Washington and across the nation.

Yes, We're a website dedicated to Georgia politics. That means our focus is on state and local issues and those that work and play among them.

David Perdue , a wealthy businessman and the cousin of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, has formed an exploratory committee to run for the Peach State's open Senate seat.

Imagine you're a red-state Democrat contemplating a run for Senate. Here's what you've seen during the opening months of President Obama's second term: A still-tepid economic recovery, a culturally polarizing agenda on immigration and guns, and fears of the health care law's possibly haphazard implementation.

One of DemocA rats' two top recruits for the GeorA gia SenA ate seat of retirA ing Sen.

When Senator Saxby Chambliss announced that he would not run for re-election again, the political calculus about who would replace him began.

In a period of boredom, I decided to see if I could redistrict Georgia fairly. At the time, I had relatively simple objectives: obey communities-of-interest, prevent ridiculous sprawling of districts, maintain three VAP majority-black districts and making Sanford Bishop's southwest rural Georgia district majority-black without doing a racial ... (more)

Democrats may not be running with one of their top choices in Georgia's U.S. Senate contest, but they still think they have a formula to win there, as well as in Kentucky and seven other states where they face tough Senate contests in 2014.

One of DemocA rats' two top recruits for the GeorA gia SenA ate seat of retirA ing Sen.

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The top recipient of PAC contributions in the first quarter of 2013 was the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

In January, I wrote about a new bipartisan movement in Congress called the Problem Solvers Group.

Embattled incumbent John Barrow jumped from the frying pan into the fire today as he declined a run for U.S. Senate in exchange for a desperate plea to hang onto Georgia's 12th Congressional District in the House.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman Justin Barasky told Georgia Tipsheet on Tuesday that Georgia Senate seat remains one of the 2014 priorities for the party, despite that their top candidate, U.S. Rep.