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After the blowout victory for the "Democrat" in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election in April, Democrats were hopeful they could flip two Georgia Supreme Court seats on Tuesday. It didn't happen. All three of the conservative incumbents won their races (one of them unopposed). Incumbent Charlie Bethel beat attorney Miracle Rankin by 2 points. Incumbent Sarah Warren beat state senator Jen Jordan by 19 points. Incumbent Ben Land won all the votes in his race because no one else was on the ballot for his seat.
Both of the incumbents in competitive races were appointed by former governor Nathan Deal. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) endorsed them. They will serve another 6 years before the next election. The conservatives will continue to hold eight of the nine seats, with the other seat held by John Ellington, who was elected rather than appointed, and who appears to be nonpartisan.
Georgia is a swing state so there are bound to be many election cases in 2026 and 2028. This year alone, there is a race for governor and also for senator. No doubt there will be lawsuits in either or both. There always are. Voting is only round one these days. Round two is the courts.
Also on the agenda for 2027 or 2028 is Kemp's plane to draw new congressional maps and legislative maps. The idea is to eliminate majority-minority distracts in order to disenfranchise Black voters. Those maps will surely make it to the Georgia Supreme Court, with a predictable outcome. (V)