A national democracy expert says Georgia became a "testing ground" for election pressure in 2020, and the lessons learned then could be used again unless communities push back.

The DOJ has moved to dismiss assault charges against Harrison Floyd, one of 19 defendants who was charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

A Democratic Fulton County commissioner who blocked Republican election board nominees in defiance of a judge’s order is running to become Georgia’s next secretary of state. Commissioner Dana Barrett announced her candidacy Thursday.

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel,

NEW YORK, ‌Jan ​7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ‌asked a Georgia state court on Wednesday to order prosecutors ​to reimburse him for more than $6.2 million in legal fees he said he spent on ‍fighting criminal charges of interfering ​in the 2020 presidential election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Voters in Georgia's 18th District will head to the polls on March 10 to choose a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned effective Monday.