ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Charlie Bailey has the challenging - some might say, unenviable - task of picking up the pieces of Georgia’s Democratic Party after Republicans made a very strong Peach State showing in last year’s presidential election.
Now the executive director of the state party, Bailey goes On The Record about the ongoing government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s reelection campaign and how Democrats hope to capture the governor’s mansion next year.
Also in this week’s show:
The latest on the government shutdown and furloughed federal workers.
Gov. Brian Kemp comments on Georgia’s nationally watched 2026 Senate race, in which Republicans have targeted Ossoff’s seat as a seat that could flip from blue to red.
Early voting ends soon ahead of the state’s Public

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