Georgia
GOP Primary poll reveals front runners in Georgia
ATLANTA (CBS46) — The race for Georgia’s Governorship begins with the GOP main in simply six weeks.
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed David Perdue, however his try and unseat Brian Kemp isn’t exhibiting up within the polls.
CBS46 obtained a Landmark Communications survey of almost 700-people which exhibits Kemp on the high of the ballot with 52% help, David Perdue at 28%, and Kandiss Taylor with 10%.
“Senator Perdue’s job right here is just not essentially win a majority on election day, his job is to throw it to a runoff, after which it turns into loads more durable for an incumbent to win,” Landmark Communications President Mark Rountree stated.
Whoever prevails on the Republican aspect will face off in opposition to Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams in November. Democrats like their possibilities.
“I feel the Democrats would stay up for operating in opposition to Kemp for one purpose and that’s the most loyal Trump voters are going to be upset after this main if he wins,” Democratic pollster and strategist Chris Huttman stated.
Within the race for Georgia’s Secretary of State, Congressman Jody Hice has a commanding lead at 35%, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is at 18% and David Belle Isle has 10% help.
Congressman Jody Hice launched the next assertion:
“Whereas these numbers are encouraging, we’re not underestimating the work required to defeat a statewide incumbent. Congressman Hice, together with the assistance of over 2,000 volunteers, is working day by day to make sure each Georgia voter totally understands the abysmal job Brad Raffensperger has performed as our Secretary of State. We stay up for renewing integrity in our elections.”
“Secretary of State Raffensperger’s favorable and unfavorable score is fairly weak with 55-56% of Republicans giving him a disapproval,” Rountree stated.
Nonetheless, a whopping 33% are undecided within the race for Secretary of State. So, there’s nonetheless time to sway some voters.
“Whereas that surroundings does appear to be it’s favorable for Republicans in a midterm election you do have a few of these attention-grabbing dynamics,” Huttman stated.
CBS46 reached out to a number of of the candidates in our report and heard from Governor Kemp’s marketing campaign. They stated, “Each ballot continues to point out Governor Kemp is the strongest Republican candidate to verify Stacey Abrams is rarely our governor or the following president.”
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Several children were taken to the hospital after a Jackson County school bus crashed into a tree Monday afternoon.
According to the school district, five students were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries. All the other students on the bus were reunited with their families.
One parent shared photos on social media, writing “My daughter’s school bus, with my daughter on the bus, was in an accident today. I want to thank God my baby girl walked off without a scratch or a bruise.”
The condition of the injured students is not known at this time.
The Jackson County School System said no further information will be released as the crash is under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back with Atlanta News First for updates.
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Alabama baseball beat out the flood this weekend and received a boost in the polls as a reward.
After a down pouring of runs against Georgia in the opener on Friday and the monsoons that ensued, the Crimson Tide clinched its last home SEC series of the regular season against the Bulldogs, who dropped two spots to No. 8 in the latest Coaches Poll with their first series loss to Alabama since 2015.
Going 2-1 on the weekend, Alabama moved from No. 20 to No. 16 in the country, which plays in favor of the program’s hopes to get back in Sewell-Thomas Stadium during the NCAA Tournament.
Before the regular season comes to a close, Alabama has to make the trip to Florida, and the Gators will be coming in hot after moving up 11 spots into the poll at No. 21 after taking the weekend series against No. 1-turned-No. 3 Texas.
In other polls, Alabama is ranked No. 18 by D1Baseball and moved from No. 12 to No. 8 in RPI.
Here’s a look at how the Top 25 stacks up as of Monday.
Where is Alabama baseball in polls after upsetting Georgia?
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | 40-12 | 729 | 19 | 4 | +3 | 1/7 |
| 2 | Florida State | 36-11 | 675 | 5 | 3 | +1 | 2/8 |
| 3 | Texas | 40-10 | 646 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1/14 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 37-11 | 640 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 3/18 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 41-11 | 605 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1/5 |
| 6 | Auburn | 36-15 | 604 | 1 | 8 | +2 | 6/NR |
| 7 | Oregon | 38-13 | 593 | 1 | 7 | – | 7/18 |
| 8 | Georgia | 40-13 | 544 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 3/9 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 36-16 | 499 | 1 | 10 | +1 | 9/20 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 37-12 | 479 | 0 | 11 | +1 | 3/12 |
| 11 | Coastal Carolina | 41-11 | 436 | 0 | 14 | +3 | 11/NR |
| 12 | UC Irvine | 38-11 | 392 | 0 | 15 | +3 | 9/NR |
| 13 | Clemson | 38-15 | 339 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 2/13 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 39-13 | 325 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 1/14 |
| 15 | UCLA | 37-14 | 304 | 0 | 17 | +2 | 11/NR |
| 16 | Alabama | 39-13 | 291 | 0 | 20 | +4 | 8/NR |
| 17 | West Virginia | 40-10 | 252 | 0 | 13 | -4 | 13/NR |
| 18 | North Carolina State | 32-16 | 236 | 0 | 19 | +1 | 16/NR |
| 19 | Southern Miss | 38-13 | 193 | 0 | 21 | +2 | 16/NR |
| 20 | Troy | 37-16 | 164 | 0 | 18 | -2 | 18/NR |
| 21 | Florida | 35-18 | 152 | 0 | NR | +11 | 6/NR |
| 22 | Dallas Baptist | 36-13 | 121 | 0 | 25 | +3 | 17/NR |
| 23 | Louisville | 34-17 | 98 | 0 | 24 | +1 | 16/NR |
| 24 | Duke | 35-16 | 69 | 0 | NR | +9 | 12/NR |
| 25 | Ole Miss | 34-17 | 63 | 0 | 22 | -3 | 7/NR |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 16 Oklahoma; No. 23 Arizona;
Others Receiving Votes
Georgia Tech 59; Northeastern 54; Oklahoma 42; TCU 36; UTSA 33; Arizona State 15; Arizona 14; Miami (FL) 11; Virginia 8; Western Kentucky 6; Kansas 6; Iowa 6; Austin Peay 4; Kentucky 2; Wake Forest 1; USC 1; Lamar 1; Kansas State 1; Connecticut 1;
List Of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 30 coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the American Baseball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025 season: Mik Aoki, Richmond; Andrew Checketts, UC-Santa Barbara; Jim Chester, Gardner-Webb; Reggie Christiansen, Sacramento State; Terry Davis, Western Illinois; Jeff Forehand, Lipscomb; Craig Gibson, Mercer; Justin Haire, Ohio State; Danny Hall, Georgia Tech; Brian Hamm, Yale; Charlie Hickey, Central Connecticut State; Josh Holliday, Oklahoma State; Randy Hood, UNC-Wilmington; Omar Johnson, Jackson State; Ed Kahovec, Holy Cross; Ryan Klosterman, Bryant; Geoff Loomis, Portland; Sean Lyons, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Scott Malone, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; John McCormack, Florida Atlantic; Jake McKinley, Nevada; Jim Penders, Connecticut; Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha; Marc Rardin, Western Kentucky; Sherman Reed, Coppin State; Jake Sabol, Central Michigan; Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina; Dan Skirka, Murray State; Alex Sogard, Wright State; Butch Thompson, Auburn.
Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@gannett.com.
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