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,

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.

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.

ATLANTA — A special election is scheduled for November 18 to replace State Senator Jason Esteves, who’s running for governor. Qualifying for the District 35 race begins next Monday.

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

Debra Shigley and Jason T. Dickerson face off in another special election for the Georgia State Senate, District 21. DNC Chair shows support.

Voters in Senate District 35 will go to the polls on Nov. 18 to decide who will replace Jason Esteves, who stepped down to run for

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

The Georgia Court of Appeals had ruled that Willis and her office could not continue to prosecute the case because of an “appearance of impropriety.”

Fulton County DA Fani Willis will remain disqualified from prosecuting the election interference case against President Trump, after a ruling by Georgia's Supreme Court.