Georgia Democrats achieved a historic sweep on Tuesday night, electing candidates to every statewide office including Governor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Lieutenant Governor Josh McLaurin. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and…

Georgia Democrats won every statewide office on the ballot Tuesday. Republicans also appeared at risk of losing control of the state House. The post Democrats flip statewide offices up and down the ballot in Georgia; state House is in play appeared first on Rough Draft®.

Democrats captured a governorship in a premier presidential swing state in Tuesday’s midterm elections, winning Georgia’s governor’s office for the first time since 1998 as they rode a wave of voter discontent over the economy, inflation, healthcare and the future of democracy.