Georgia voters, you are one saucy bunch. Hogging the national spotlight, defying expectations, holding candidates accountable — is there anything you won’t do?
The midterm elections not only picked Georgia’s leaders for the next several years, they also told us more than a few things about Georgians in 2022, as well as the direction state politics are headed. Here is just a bit of what we learned:
1. It’s the person, not the party. For the first time in a long time, victory was possible for statewide candidates in Georgia, no matter their party. Republicans swept every statewide constitutional office, but Democrats now will hold both U.S. Senate seats for the next four years.
