Georgia’s marathon midterm election season isn’t over just yet. A Dec. 6 runoff election date has been set to decide who wins the state’s pivotal U.S. Senate matchup between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his GOP challenger, Herschel Walker. The race could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill. More than 3.9 million Georgians […]
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Why Stacey Abrams Lost to Brian Kemp
Supporters of Stacey Abrams have had a difficult time processing her gubernatorial race loss to GOP incumbent Brian Kemp on Tuesday. “It just doesn’t make sense to me, honestly,” Clark Atlanta University student Jessica DuBois told Capital B Atlanta earlier this week. “I thought for sure this time Stacey was going to win, especially after […]
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Runoff Elections Have a Racist Past: What That Means for December
On Dec. 6, Georgia will hold a runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker for a U.S. Senate seat. Georgia is one of 10 states that use runoffs when no candidate has gotten over 50% of the vote in the general election. Since they were introduced in Georgia in the 1960s, some experts […]
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Election Hangover? Black Voters React to Results of Midterm Races
Before, during and after the Nov. 8 midterm election in Georgia, Capital B Atlanta will be speaking with Black voters to hear your thoughts and share your stories. From the campaign trail to local events, “What Black Voters Are Saying” wants to document the issues most important to you. Want to share your story? Hit […]
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Read Stacey Abrams’ Promise to Georgia After Her Gubernatorial Loss
Even in defeat, Stacey Abrams keeps fighting. The Spelman grad conceded victory to GOP incumbent Brian Kemp in Georgia’s gubernatorial election late Tuesday night before delivering a rousing speech to her supporters inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Atlanta. “While I may not have crossed the finish line, that does not mean we will […]
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Warnock and Walker Headed for a Runoff
The U.S. Senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker is headed into overtime. Warnock had 49.41% of votes cast to Walker’s 48.52%, with Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver picking up 2.07%. A runoff race in December will take place on Dec. 6 since none of the candidates secured the 50% plus one threshold needed […]
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What Black Voters Are Saying on Election Day
Before, during and after the Nov. 8 midterm election in Georgia, Capital B Atlanta will be speaking with Black voters to hear your thoughts and share your stories. From the campaign trail to local events, “What Black Voters Are Saying” wants to document the issues most important to you. Want to share your story? Hit […]
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Black Early Voters in North Suburbs Motivated by Inflation, Crime, Civic Duty
Before, during and after the Nov. 8 midterm election in Georgia, Capital B Atlanta will be speaking with Black voters to hear your thoughts and share your stories. From the campaign trail to local events, “What Black Voters Are Saying” wants to document the issues most important to you. Want to share your story? Hit […]
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Midterm Elections: Here’s A Breakdown of Key Issues On the Ballot in Metro Atlanta
There’s a lot more at stake on Election Day than who the state’s next governor and U.S. senator is going to be. Voters in metro Atlanta also must decide on several key down-ballot issues that will impact members of their local communities and their state. Georgia citizens will be tasked with deciding whether to add […]
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Why Nakita Hemingway Wants to Be Georgia’s First Black Commissioner of Agriculture
Limited access to healthy and affordable food is a major problem for low-income Black communities in Georgia that Nakita Hemingway wants to help solve. Hemingway, 46, is a fifth-generation farmer and a licensed 20-year veteran Realtor from Savannah who is competing against Republican Sen. Tyler Harper and Libertarian businessman David Raudabaugh to become the state’s […]