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Keisha Bottoms won the Democratic primary for governor in Georgia

Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) defeated six other candidates to win the Democratic Party primary for governor on May 19, 2026, receiving 58% of the vote. Lance and three other candidates — Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, and Michael Thurmond — led in polling, fundraising, and media coverage ahead of the primary.

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More states hit with bomb threats

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the threats appeared to originate from Russia

Salon

The road to a slave-free Georgia: the little-known history of state founder James Oglethorpe

Michael Thurmond’s book about the ‘father of Georgia’ followed a surprise discovery that the former enslaver was an abolitionist

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Atlanta shuts down strategic park in ‘Cop City’ protest movement

Opponents say move is yet another example of crackdown by officials seeking to disrupt protests against $90m training center

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Park near Atlanta police training center site cleared but remains closed

ATLANTA — The park near the site of a planned police training center has been cleared but will remain closed until further notice per the executive order signed by DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond last week.

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‘Cop City’ opposition spreads beyond Georgia forest defenders

Law enforcement training center has drawn attention and concern from a broad range of local and national US voices who worry about its impact

The Guardian - US

After big losses, Democrats think Warnock may have the answers they need

ATLANTA — Four years ago, Democrats came so close to ousting Republicans from Georgia’s top offices that anxious incumbents talked about the “wake-up call” every chance they could. Two years ago, the alarms went off when Democrats swept U.S. Senate seats and elected President Joe Biden.

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In Georgia Senate race, a historic faceoff between 2 Black men

ATLANTA — When Michael Thurmond ran to become Georgia's labor commissioner in 1998, he received a warning from a fellow Democrat: Don't run.

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