Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch on Thursday launched his campaign for lieutenant governor, becoming the latest ...

Gooch is the current Republican majority leader in the state Senate, and has been a state senator for 14 years.

After major potential Republican candidates for key U.S. Senate races in 2026 passed on running, some Republicans are split ...

The main roles of the lieutenant governor are to preside over the Senate and step in if something happens to the governor. Gooch, 58, joins his Democratic Senate colleague Josh Mc ...

On Thursday's edition of the “Politically Georgia” podcast, the AJC's Patricia Murphy and Greg Bluestein discussed the bills Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King (R-GA) kicked off his U.S. Senate bid on Monday, leaning into his credentials in the ...

The new U.S. ambassador to China, former Georgia senator and business executive David Perdue, arrived in Beijing on Thursday, ...

Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year’s midterms ... But Greene said she doesn’t want to serve in a Senate that “doesn’t work” ...

The Georgia Senate race will be one of the most competitive in the 2026 election cycle as a challenger emerges for Democrat ...

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King has became the second major Republican to enter the 2026 race to challenge ...

Representative Buddy Carter became the first Republican to enter the primary field to take on Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, ...

King, the state insurance and safety fire commissioner, became Georgia's first statewide Hispanic official in 2019.