If Keisha Lance Bottoms wins the people’s vote on Tuesday, Nov. 3, she will become the first Black woman to serve as Georgia’s governor. She will also make history as the first former Atlanta mayor to hold the state’s highest office. Bottoms previously said she would be the first because she was “working to earn […]…

Former President Barack Obama joined Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms at a rally in Morrow, Georgia, to criticize the Trump administration and mobilize voters ahead of the upcoming elections. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog…

It would be hard to pin down the exact location of Peggy Flanagan, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Gina Hinojosa at any given time these days. For these criss-crossing campaigns locked in tight statewide races, the only option is onward — to a Savannah barbershop, toward a reservation in the far corners of northern…

The 2016 election changed how Tanya Miller felt about politics. The 2024 election — President Donald Trump’s defeat of then-Vice President Kamala Harris — changed how she saw her career. “Who I viewed as one of the most qualified folks to ever run for president got beat by a convicted felon,” she said. “It was really…