2026 midterms
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Keisha Lance Bottoms Faces Massive Ad Spending Gap in Georgia’s Tight Governor’s Race

by Chauncey Alcorn

Screeching tires, burning rubber in the streets. Cars and property being destroyed. Calls for emergency assistance. Officer hit. Those are just a few of the searing images and sounds running in a Rick Jackson campaign ad blitz skewering Keisha Lance Bottoms’ tenure as Atlanta mayor. Nonetheless, Joanne Winston says she plans to support the Democratic […]

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Black Voters in Georgia Are Mobilizing as Voting Rights Face New Threats

by Chauncey Alcorn

Decisions made in courts across the country are changing the rules of voting and shifting Black political power. Capital B is tracking the fight for voting rights to show who is affected, where power is shifting, and what the changes mean for Black communities nationwide. For voting rights stories from across the country, visit our […]

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Mike Collins’ Ties to Racist Staffers Draw Criticism From Black Republicans

by Chauncey Alcorn

Some of Georgia’s Black conservative voices are calling out Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins for yet another racist controversy involving a former staffer. A story about Collins’ leadership political action committee paying $7,700 in 2025 to Carrollton resident Preston Alfonso Parra Mejia Luca Matteo Del Toro for fundraising consultations broke Thursday. Parra, 25, is […]

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Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist

by Chauncey Alcorn

A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]

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‘We Need Help’: Collins Courts Black Voters Amid Son-In-Law’s Ties to White Nationalism

by Chauncey Alcorn

While his campaign remains mired in charges of racism and controversy, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins is actively recruiting Black conservatives to defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Saturday, leaders of the Georgia Black Republican Council rallied behind the two-term U.S. representative from Jackson in one of the nation’s most hotly contested midterm elections. […]

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From DEI to Homelessness, Ossoff Answers Questions from Georgia’s Black Male Voters

by Chauncey Alcorn

It’s been almost six years since a surge in Black voter participation helped make Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock the first two Georgia Democrats elected to the U.S. Senate since the early 2000s. Black men are expected to play a decisive role in the outcome of Ossoff’s reelection bid against Republican challenger Mike Collins in […]

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Billionaire Rick Jackson Courts Black Republicans as Governor’s Runoff Tightens

by Chauncey Alcorn

Rick Jackson’s sudden and rapid rise to prominence in the Republican runoff race for governor against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has divided Georgia GOP supporters more than any in-state contest in modern memory. That includes Black Republicans like South Fulton business owner Azad Ahmadi, one of more than 200 people who attended a Georgia Black […]

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