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Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks to his supporters at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North in June. (Jason Getz/AJC)

Today’s newsletter highlights:

Test your knowledge with our weekly news quiz.

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Cameo.

A Republican-dominated panel meets to begin its review of Georgia’s voting system.

Campaign distance

Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson (left) and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Collins. (Jason Getz and Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and Rick Jackson haven’t campaigned together since winning the GOP nominations for U.S. Senate and governor. Georgia Democrats want to turn that distance into a campaign issue.

Ahead of Saturday’s GOP gathering in northwest Georgia, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms challenged Jackson to condemn Collins and refuse to campaign alongside him.

“Rick Jackson must publicly condemn white nationalism, denounce Mike Collins’ associations, and stop campaigning with him,” Ossoff and Bottoms said in a joint statement invoking Collins’ son-in-law, a white nationalist influencer. “If he won’t, Georgians can only conclude that he is willing to tolerate extremism when it serves his political ambitions.”

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Friday news quiz

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., seen here during a congressional hearing in June. (Allison Robbert/AP)

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A) Mitt Romney

B) Jeff Flake

C) Kelly Loeffler

D) Saxby Chambliss

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A) Tariffs.

B) The One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

C) Iran war.

D) Immigration enforcement.

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A) Lulu’s law, which requires the Federal Communications Commission to allow mobile phone alerts for shark attacks.

B) 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which limits how many single-family homes corporations can own.

C) The Medal of Sacrifice Act, which directs a presidential medal to posthumously honor first responders killed in the line of duty.

D) The Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act, which directs the Government Accountability Office to study esophageal cancer care.

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A) Douglas

B) Clayton

C) Henry

D) Rockdale

Pitfalls

Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson comes out for the first rally of his general election campaign at Meadows at Mossy Creek in Cleveland last month. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Showtime

Marjorie Taylor Greene, seen here in 2020. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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Looking ahead

Julie Garrison, left, and Jennifer Pennington cast votes in a runoff special election at the Buzz Ahrens Recreation Center in Canton in January. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Listen up

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Today in Washington

Trump will host a roundtable on mining at the U.S. Department of State headquarters.

The Senate will consider new sanctions on Russia, the continuing resolution to fund the government past Sept. 30, and a bloc of Trump’s nominations.

The House is out until Aug. 31.

Fake news

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Shoutouts

Kelsea Bond, seen here in October 2025 when Bond was a candidate for the Atlanta City Council District 2 seat. (Daniel Varnado/For the AJC.)

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Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond.

David Zevallos, campaign manager for Josh McLaurin, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.

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David Pierce, board member of Amicalola Electric Membership Corporation (Saturday).

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Before you go

A view of the Terry R. Hicks Water Production Plant in Jonesboro in 2023. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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B) Jeff Flake. The Arizona Republican said his respect for Ossoff’s character outweighed their policy disagreements.

C) The Iran war. The ad from Defend the Vote Action Fund notes the war has already cost taxpayers $100 billion.

B) 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock wrote the provision that limits corporate ownership of single-family homes.

B) Clayton County. The FBI would not confirm Georgia was among the seven states that were targeted. But Clayton County officials confirmed they had a disruption and immediately notified state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate.

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