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US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Not my first rodeo': meet the 21-year-old serving as Georgia's youngest state legislator

Muhammad Akbar Ali, 21, won a Georgia statehouse runoff, becoming the state's youngest legislator, leveraging experience and cross-aisle relationships.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

'Proud' pro-LGBTQ+ Democrat flips Republican state House seat in Georgia electoral upset

Democrat Eric Gisler flipped Georgia House District 121, narrowly winning a Trump-carried seat by fewer than 200 votes, marking a rebuke of far-right politics.
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Lesbian Georgia legislator, first LGBTQ+ person elected in the South, is still showing up 25 years later

On the second Saturday in October, during National Coming Out Day, from morning into afternoon, the smell of espresso and the low murmur of conversation filled Joe's Coffee Shop in East Atlanta Village. At a corner table, state Rep. Karla Drenner greeted familiar faces and discussed what it means to stay visible and keep showing up. "I didn't run to be the first," she told The Advocate in an interview at the café.
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US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

DNC chair says special elections show Democrats are winning, even when they lose

Democrats narrowed margins and showed energized turnout in recent special elections but fell short of flipping a Georgia state Senate seat.
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