Decisive Democratic victories in Georgia and across the country on Tuesday have given the Democratic Party momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms, while Republicans are left grappling with how to quickly recenter voters’ affordability concerns.

The state's burgeoning data center industry is raising demand for new power, adding to worries about already rising electric bills.

Democrat Peter Hubbard defeats Republican Fitz Johnson, joining Alicia Johnson in being the first Democrats on the Public Service Commission in decades.

"My take is that it really shows how much Joe Biden dragged down the entire party by running again. He made the entire campaign about how he was obviously too old to run, let alone do the job, and not keep the narrative where it should have been on the actual issues. People wanted change. They wanted new, younger candidates and newer ideas.

Pam Reardon, an East Cobb resident who was a candidate for the Cobb Board of Commissioners in 2024 and was involved in Cobb and Georgia Republican

The House Speaker and the Georgia Republican have repeatedly sparred over the issue central to the government shutdown.

Democrats won big in Tuesday night's elections in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City, and California. Marianna Sotomayor, congressional reporter for The Washington Post, and Deepa Shivaram, White House correspondent for NPR,

Democrats added at least 10 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, building on the party's wins in the top statewide elections and more broadly across the country, the AP projected