On Tuesday’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast, columnist Patricia Murphy interviewed state Sen. Brian Strickland about his newly launched campaign for attorney general.

If elected, Strickland is pledging to fight gang crime, human trafficking and retail theft. The McDonough Republican was first elected to the General Assembly in 2012.

“I was known as a workhorse that got a lot of tough issues through the Legislature,” said Strickland of his record under the Gold Dome.

Strickland will face fellow state Sen. Bill Cowsert , R-Athens, in the Republican primary. At this time, no prominent Democrat has mounted a campaign for the office.

The current attorney general, Chris Carr, has announced he will be a Republican candidate for governor in 2026

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