Georgia Republican Jason Dickerson won a special election to a state senate seat on Tuesday, staving off a competitive Democratic challenge. Dickerson defeated Debra Shigley by just over 7,000 votes,

Shigley won the August general election for the seat with 40% of the vote. At that time, though, she faced a crowded ballot of six Republican candidates, The Hill reported. During that election, Dickerson received 17% of the vote, but since neither won an outright majority of votes, it forced a runoff.

Republican businessman Jason Dickerson beat Democrat Debra Shigley in the Tuesday runoff after no candidate in a seven-person field won a majority to take the seat outright in August. Dickerson, who had a big lead in unofficial results, declared victory on Tuesday night, and Shigley conceded.

A state Senate seat that was reliably Republican during the 2024 election is drawing the attention of Georgia Democrats.

Brad Raffensperger, the two-term Republican secretary of state, joins a primary that also includes the state’s lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Georgia Democrats hope a recent special election win in a deep-red state Senate district means their party could make gains in 2026.

On Aug. 14, 2023, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was the picture of solemnity as she and her team walked to a lectern to announce they had secured charges against then-former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies for taking part in a sweeping criminal enterprise to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 election.

He refused to “find” more votes for Trump , survived MAGA’s fury and is now seeking the state’s highest office.

Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump’s call to help overturn the state’s 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he’s running for governor in 2026.

With Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her office disqualified, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia will have a big decision to make.

Georgia’s highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others.