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Riley Bunch retweeted
Alvin Kendall gave the former Atlanta mayor her first job as a lawyer. Rebuilding his life after a federal conviction, he became a key figure inside City Hall during her term. #gapol
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Riley Bunch retweeted
Obama to headline Atlanta rally for Bottoms and Ossoff bit.ly/4zFnE95
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff comes out early urging voters turn out for Keisha Lance Bottoms and other Democrats down the ballot: “Some people just happen to live in times and in places where history is made, and this year. once again, Georgia, that's us,” Ossoff said. #gapol
“Georgia now the bigot wants a promotion, but this year will end his political career instead,” Ossoff takes after his Republican opponent Congressman Mike Collins. #gapol
“Mike is like a scandal piñata,” Ossoff says. “Every time you shake him misdeeds fall out.” #gapol
“(Trump) told us that he wants us to imagine that he is on the ballot,” Keisha Lance Bottoms says in Cobb County. “Well, Georgia, we heard him loud and clear. We have already broken turnout records in this day and year.” #gapol
“(Jackson) is spending millions of dollars trying to hold on to the billions that he's making off the taxpayers of Georgia,” Bottoms says of her Republican opponent. “Never in the history of this state has so much money been spent to slander one candidate and one family.” #gapol
I’m inside the Cobb Convention Center for U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s rally with former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms — we’re just 17 days away from Election Day with more than 796,000 ballots cast already. #gapol
Riley Bunch retweeted
-> Jackson’s campaign said this morning the ad has run its “scheduled course” and is already off air. It’s since been replaced with three attack ads targeting Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms’ record. #gapol
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The mother of the 8-year-old girl who was killed in 2020 in Atlanta is demanding that Rick Jackson take down a campaign ad featuring her anguished 911 call. “I was emotionally overwhelmed. Hurt. It just wasn’t OK. I felt like my pain was being used.” #gapol
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms enters her polling location in southwest Atlanta — surrounded by a swarm of supporters and media — to cast a ballot in the general election. If she wins, she’ll make history as the nation’s first Black female governor. #gapol
Riley Bunch retweeted
The final numbers from yesterday’s early vote ended up at 190,290 votes cast. That is a record for the first day of early voting for a midterm. You can track the turnout here sos.ga.gov/page/election-dat…
"I have zero interest in running for president," U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff responds to @bluestein's question about a potential 2028 bid. "I'm not running for president, I am running for reelection to the Senate." He pledged he would serve a full 6-year term if reelected. #gapol
Riley Bunch retweeted
The @ajc politics team has an incredible live update tool tonight to keep you posted on news coning out id the Atlanta Press Club debates. Follow here, or catch up later—> ajc.com/politics/2026/10/geo…
Riley Bunch retweeted
NEW on Six Flags tragedy: In Atlanta Press Club debate, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said his office inspected every ride at Six Flags prior to opening this season, and adds inspectors are now on the ground looking at “every nook and cranny.” ajc.com/politics/2026/10/geo…
The politics team at the @ajc is bringing you live coverage of the Atlanta Press Club debates taking place today and tomorrow. Keep up with the action here: #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/10/geo…
“Her life mattered. Some things are just bigger than politics.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/10/sec…
The family decided not to attend this press conference: “They don't have it in them to keep standing and shouting and crying and begging for (Jackson) to not use her or them in this way,” attorneys said. #gapol
Attorneys for Secorciea Turner’s family are calling on Republican Rick Jackson to stop using the 8-year-old’s name and likeness in attack ads against Keisha Lance Bottoms in the governor’s race: “She should not be a part of any political or campaign stunt.” #gapol
Interesting comments from Attorney Shean Williams on Bottoms, saying despite litigation against Bottoms related to the Turner case, “I'm not here to endorse her….but I want you to know I've seen her fighting the good fight, and I have not seen Rick Jackson do that.” #gapol