Governor of Georgia (Republican)
4 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 4.
Democrats Peter Hubbard and Shelia Edwards won both seats on Georgia's Public Service Commission ballot, giving their party a 3-2 majority. The board sets what millions of Georgia Power customers pay for electricity, and it has approved six rate increases in recent years.
The former Atlanta mayor defeated Republican billionaire Rick Jackson, flipping a state Trump carried in 2024 and breaking more than 20 years of GOP control of Georgia's governorship.
Georgia Pathways, the state program that helped inspire national Medicaid work rules, expires at year's end unless renewed. More than 20,000 people are enrolled, and the next governor will have to decide its fate.
Trump's election-fraud investigations hit setbacks in court and in several states. Georgia's own election board has invited his administration in, and its chair says the board's letters went too far.
