Special elections were held Tuesday, Dec. 9 for State House District 121 and State House District 23. ATLANTA — Some Georgia voters went back to the polls Tuesday to vote in special elections held for two State House races.

Democrat Eric Gisler won in a district designed to favor Republicans. Now, GOP leaders are sounding the alarm ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Georgia's State Election Board is considering a rule to define when emergency hand-marked paper ballots are needed instead of machine-marked ones

University of Georgia alumnus and Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler won Georgia’s State House of Representatives District 121 seat in a special election Tuesday night. District 121 represents south Athens,

The election interference case against President Trump in Georgia was dismissed last week, but the ghosts of the 2020 election are still looming over the state as next year’s midterms approach.

Democrats scored a string of victories in Georgia’s off-year elections, flipping long-held Public Service Commission seats and ousting the GOP-backed Roswell mayor. They did it by sharpening an electoral message that puts affordability at the center of the 2026 midterms.

Polls closed Tuesday night across Georgia as voters decided dozens of municipal runoff races that will set the direction for several metro cities heading into 2026.

ATLANTA - Georgia’s State Election Board narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have defined when hand-marked paper ballots could replace the state’s touchscreen voting machines, ending weeks of debate over whether the board had the authority to make such a change.