The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint at a meeting to confirm the results of the country’s divisive parliamentary elections. Georgia election chief doused in paint after divisive parliamentary vote

A trial is set to get underway for a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, in a case that fanned the immigration debate in the last election cycle.

Democrats in Georgia’s state House are choosing new leaders after the minority party made only limited gains in the Nov. 5 election.

Georgia is a key battleground state in the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with 16 electoral votes at stake.

Former President Donald Trump has flipped a Georgia county red for the first time in 20 years after Democrats saw their margin shrink. Rural Baldwin County was one of at least three swing counties in the battleground state of Georgia that could have gone for either candidate.

View live results of the Georgia presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

“We’ve shown the country that Georgia remains a red state, with big wins up and down the ticket,” said state House Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones, R-Milton. “We will take this mandate from the voters to continue lowering taxes, protecting our neighborhoods and quality of life, and providing more options for Georgia’s students to thrive.”

At the state capitol, officials will kick off the audit of the presidential election by rolling dice to randomly select counties.

Elected less than four years ago, Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have become a Southern battleground’s star campaigners.