Mike Collins

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U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, R-Jackson, speaks at the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young debate for the U.S. Senate at Georgia Public Broadcasting last month. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Today’s newsletter highlights

Democrats and Republicans team up to block a pesticide provision.

A partial government shutdown comes to an end.

Hundreds gather to remember the late U.S. Rep. David Scott.

Show of force

The crowd at U.S. Rep. Mike Collins Surf & Turf event on Saturday in Covington. (Greg Bluestein/AJC)

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Things to know

(From left): Democratic candidates for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves and Michael Thurmond. (Photo Illustration: AJC | Source: Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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A new AJC poll shows Keisha Lance Bottoms has a big lead in the Democratic primary for governor. But the race remains uncertain with more than a third of voters still undecided, writes Greg Bluestein.

Georgia Republicans have set their sights on redrawing the state’s political maps for the 2028 election, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop’s district is a likely target, Bluestein and the AJC’s Tamar Hallerman report.

Hundreds of people attended the late U.S. Rep. David Scott’s funeral on Saturday, remembering him as a man of faith, the AJC’s David Wickert and Bluestein report.

Pesticide provision

Containers of Roundup are displayed at a store in San Francisco. (Haven Daley/AP)

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Poll watch

Republican candidates for governor, Rick Jackson (left) and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Shutdown ends

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Ocala International Airport, in Ocala, Fla., on Friday. (Matt Rourke/AP)

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Spending watch

Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore speaks during the Georgia GOP election night watch party in 2024. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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Listen up

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks at a news conference on the Voting Rights Act last week. (Nathan Posner for the AJC)

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Remembering David Scott

The casket of U.S. Rep. David Scott is carried out of his funeral service at Elizabeth Baptist Church on Saturday. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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Today in Washington

President Donald Trump will participate in a small business summit.

The U.S. House and Senate are out for the week.

On the campaign trail

Collins’ Senate campaign is marking the start of the second week of early voting by launching the “Big Rig Roadshow” with stops today in Acworth, LaFayette, Ringgold and Rome. Fuller, the newest member of Georgia’s congressional delegation, will join him.

Former President Joe Biden has endorsed Bottoms in the Democratic primary for Georgia governor.

The national powerhouse Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has endorsed state Sen. Brian Strickland in the GOP primary for attorney general.

Shoutouts

State Rep. Long Tran, D-Dunwoody, appears during a Lunar New Year celebration at the Georgia Capitol in February. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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State Rep. Josh Bonner, R-Fayetteville.

State Rep. Kasey Carpenter, R-Dalton.

State Rep. Mitchell Horner, R-Ringgold.

State Rep. Long Tran, D-Dunwoody.

First lady Marty Kemp.

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Correction

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Before you go

Come join us for a Politically Georgia happy hour later this month. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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