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

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Geoff Duncan could prove to be a wild card in an election next year that will be a crucial test for Georgia’s relatively new status as a swing state.

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The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history.

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For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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