| Donald Trump flipped Georgia, winning back a state that had rebuked him in 2020. It was a stunning reversal that solidifies Georgia's status as the premier Southern swing state: Georgia voters picked Trump in 2016, rejected him in 2020 while also electing two Democratic U.S. senators and now have embraced the former president again. Trump aggressively sought to overturn his loss in Georgia in 2020, creating self-inflicted legal turmoil for the former president and a slew of Republicans in the state who participated in those efforts. Trump's grudges against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and other elected officials fractured the party — particularly when Trump endorsed a challenger to every statewide incumbent in 2022. And legal cases saddled the state party with significant legal bills. But Trump overcame these obstacles, coalescing the voters behind his candidacy once again. His campaign invested heavily in paid media in the final weeks of the campaign and prioritized flipping Georgia back into Trump's column as key to its path to the White House. Despite the Harris campaign fanning out across the state — and dropping significant ad spending — the vice president ultimately fell short. Read the latest
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