Thursday evening, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for president. Meanwhile, a watch party in Atlanta cheered her on.
For the week ending Aug. 23, Warnock represented Georgia at the Democratic National Convention. Ossoff focused on helping those facing IRS penalties due to USPS mail delays, helping advance sustainable aviation fuel development, and delivering federal grants to build more housing.
Georgia’s former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan called on his fellow conservatives to cast aside the GOP presidential nominee this year in hopes of moving the country past former President Donald Trump and his brand of politics.
Former President Jimmy Carter is staying home from this year’s Democratic National Convention, but his grandson Jason Carter took the stage Tuesday night and delivered a speech in his honor, including an update on the 99-year-old Georgia native.
The Democratic National Committee will move forward with the process to formally nominate a presidential candidate Wednesday when one of its committees meets in public amid ongoing efforts to set up a virtual roll call vote ahead of the convention, States Newsroom has been told.
This will be the 13th time in the DNC's history that Chicago will host a convention. Democrats nodded toward the "Blue Wall" of Midwestern states they need to win in 2024.
Newly reelected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is promising to use his first full term to cut deals where possible with Republicans and deliver for his home state. But he's also taking on a new role as an unapologetic supporter of President Joe Biden.
Today on Political Rewind, Kamala Harris and former president Barack Obama headlined the third day of the Democratic National Convention last night. Later today, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is a featured speaker on the final night of the virtual convention, just hours before Joe Biden is set to accept his party’s nomination.
What has convention programming told us about the strategies Democrats will use in the final months of the presidential campaign? Does it reveal deeper trends within the party itself?
The speaker lineup has made some wonder whether the party is failing to emphasize enough of a forward-focused vision for the country, which is most likely to entice younger voters.