Georgia

(CNN)Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Georgia, announced Saturday that he is awaiting the results of a coronavirus test after experiencing symptoms and his wife having tested pos…

Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams confers with a colleague on the floor of the Georgia Senate in February. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams confers with a colleague on the floor of the Georgia Senate in February. John Bazemore/AP Georgia Democratic Party officials have selected state Sen. Nikema…

Ms. Williams, a state senator, is considered the overwhelming favorite in the general election this fall.Nikema Williams, a Georgia state senator, with Stacey Abrams during the 2019 Georgia Democratic Party State Convention in Atlanta.Credit...Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — Nikema Williams, a state senator from Atlanta, emerged from a conclave of Georgia Democratic officials…

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats have selected state Sen. Nikema Williams, chair of the state party, to replace Rep. John Lewis on the ballot in November.The executive committee of the Democratic Party of Georgia voted overwhelmingly on Monday for Williams to take Lewis’ spot on the ballot for the Atlanta-area 5th Congressional District after the longtime…

July 20, 2020 | 2:23pm | Updated July 20, 2020 | 4:15pm Gov. Andrew Cuomo went down to Georgia Monday to advise local officials there on how to curb the coronavirus pandemic — but critics said the trip was nothing more than an ill-conceived public relations stunt given all the deaths that New York suffered.…