Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson beats challenger as 2 Republicans head to runoff in open US House seat

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Supreme Court incumbent has won an election that was unusually heated by the standards of the state's nonpartisan judicial elections, while voters in the state also advanced a former Donald Trump aide and a former state Senate majority leader to a GOP runoff for an...

Incumbent Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson defeats abortion-fueled challenge from John Barrow in nonpartisan court race

ATLANTA (AP) — Incumbent Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson defeats abortion-fueled challenge from John Barrow in nonpartisan court race.

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Georgia court candidate who sued to keep talking about abortion

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claimed a state agency was unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. U.S. District Judge Michael Brown ruled John...

Georgia's governor and others pile into state court race where challenger has focused on abortion

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a state Supreme Court justice he appointed win election. The Republican Kemp isn't the only conservative supporting Justice Andrew Pinson in his May 21 nonpartisan...

Early in-person voting begins ahead of Georgia's May 21 primary and judicial elections

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are beginning to have their say on party primary races and nonpartisan judicial elections. Three weeks of early in-person voting is set to begin Monday ahead of the May 21 election, when parties will choose their nominees for congressional and state...

A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid

HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — May's election for the Georgia Supreme Court is playing out as races for the state's highest court have for decades: sitting justices running uncontested. But there is an exception, and it's driven by the issue that has roiled politics across the country for...