Did a woman win a Georgia state Senate seat on Women's Equality Day for Dems?
The Ron Show26 Aug 2025

Did a woman win a Georgia state Senate seat on Women's Equality Day for Dems?

Today in Georgia, a state Senate vacated when Brandon Beach took a Treasury job with the Trump administration was up for grabs in a "jungle primary" election. In this scenario, there were six Republicans and one lone Democrat vying for the seat. Naturally if one standalone candidate were to have secured 50%-plus turnout, the seat would go to them.

Could that lone Democrat - Debra Shigley - flip the district? Melita Easters - executive director at the Georgia WIN List - thinks the work's been put in for it to happen. She joined me today to discuss this race, plus to commemorate Women's Equality Day (such as it is in these tumultuous times for women) .

As of publishing, Shigley was well ahead of the GOP pack with 46.2% of the vote, but not clearing 50% will necessitate a run-off. Still, outpacing her party's last nominee for the district by 17% from just last November could be a harbinger of things to come.

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Melita and I also covered the President's overreach in firing a Federal Board governor with Georgia ties - Lisa Cook.------

Donald Trump seems hell-bent on ramming armed National Guard troops into "blue" cities like D.C., New York, Chicago and Oakland, but would Atlanta be a target for this sort of activity, too?

Riley Bunch at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution posed the question, but my hunch is a quick "no" for a reason she didn't really cover, though she gave many valid reasons it is or isn't likely to occur.

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