Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.
Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, declined to call a special session to draw new congressional maps or weaken the power of the governor’s office before a Democrat takes office.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, is the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state and the first Democrat to win the office in Georgia in decades.
The beatification of five Franciscan friars was cause for jubilation in South Georgia, where Christianity has flourished but Catholics are few and far between.
The Catholic Church took a step on Saturday to advance five Franciscan friars, dispatched in the late 16th century to missions in what would become the state of Georgia, toward sainthood.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, in her bid for Georgia governor, has faced pointed criticism of her leadership in Atlanta and disappointment in her decision to leave after one term.
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