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Former President Trump’s clout in contested GOP primaries and contests pitting one Republican against another remains unrivaled. The candidates the presumptive GOP presidential nominee was backing in two closely watched congressional showdowns from coast to coast on Tuesday came out on top. Meanwhile, progressives took a drubbing from more moderate or establishment-backed candidates in high-profile Democratic congressional primaries in reliably …

Former special prosecutor Nathan Wade was spotted attending the campaign party for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after her primary victory in Georgia Tuesday night. Willis quickly defeated her Democratic challenger Christian Wise Smith by over 30,000 votes Tuesday night. Willis was seen mingling with the crowd in a glittery blue dress after her win at an event in …

President Biden has faced a storm of criticism on social media and by experts over the past few days for repeating what many have labeled a lie about Georgia’s election law that was implemented several years ago. “Today in Georgia, they won’t allow water to be available to you while you wait in line to vote in an election,” Biden …

A suspect has been arrested in connection with an outbreak of gunfire that injured 11 people last weekend at a public square in the heart of Savannah’s downtown historic district, police announced Wednesday. William Anthony Mitchell, 20, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault as well as possessing a firearm while committing a crime, Savannah police said in a …

Embattled Georgia prosector Fani Willis survived her primary election challenge Tuesday night, and will face off against a GOP challenger in November. Willis, the District Attorney for Fulton County, is leading the sweeping 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and has been the subject of scrutiny many Republicans in the state and nationwide for her affair with …

Four states – Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, and Oregon, hold primary contests on Tuesday, including several congressional showdowns that could shape key contests in the autumn battle for control of the House. And in a move that will give Republicans a bit of breathing room as they protect their fragile, razor-thin majority, voters in a California congressional district will choose a …

Trump Senior Adviser Brian Jack has advanced to the GOP primary runoff election for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District. Jack, who was endorsed by the former president, will be running against Mike Dugan on June 18 after a winner was not declared in Tuesday’s election. The Peach State seat was vacant after Republican Drew Ferguson announced he would not be seeking …

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis called Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a “clown” and railed against Republican criticism of her tenure in a defiant appearance on MSNBC Monday. “Jim Jordan has, time after time after time, attacked my office with no legitimate purpose,” Willis told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “Anyone who knows Jim Jordan’s history knows that he only has the …

Georgia’s elections on Tuesday include a state Supreme Court race that’s grown unusually heated by the sleepy standards of the state’s nonpartisan judicial elections, as well as a five-way GOP primary for an open seat in the strongly Republican 3rd Congressional District south and west of Atlanta. Two Democratic congressional incumbents — U.S. Reps. David Scott and Lucy McBath — …

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee, who is the judge in the sweeping racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, won the primary election Tuesday. McAfee, favored to win, was challenged by civil rights attorney and radio host Robert Patillo in the nonpartisan race. McAfee has been a judge for just over a year, since Republican Gov. Brian Kemp appointed …