It’s only Buzz and Jason this week, but we have plenty of Georgia politics to catch up on in this week’s Peach Pundit Podcast. Republicans win in HD-34, but it's probably not indicative of anything. Is Stacey Abrams running for Governor? It’s a question that at least some Democrats are supposedly asking. We dive into campaign finance disclosures for statewide candidates and talk about the two new candidates in GA-06, Meagan Hanson and Jake Evans, as well as former Gov. Deal's endorsement of Gary Black for U.S. Senate and a possible new entrant to challenge Gov. Kemp. Finally, we have a laugh at Lin Wood's expense.

In this episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, we talk about the very early fundraising numbers for U.S. Senate (we'll talk about that more in the weeks ahead), last week's Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's new election laws, the Georgia House Republican Caucus race for whip, whether Georgia Senate Pro Tem Butch Miller will resign after announcing for lieutenant governor, the latest embarrassing comments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA), and a recent disgusting tweet from former Rep. Cynthia McKinney.

Buzz has recovered, so we’re back at you with another episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. This week, we discuss the legislation passed by the U.S. House to remove statues of Confederates in the U.S. Capitol and Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s comments during the debate (our own Scot Turner got a mention in Loudermilk’s remarks), the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Georgia over SB 202, Herschel Walker’s potential run for U.S. Senate, state Sen. Brandon Beach’s pandering related to the 2020 presidential election, Tyler Harper’s run for Ag commissioner, and the new ranking of the presidents released by CSPAN.

On the latest episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, we're joined by state Rep. Will Wade (R-Dawsonville), a freshman lawmaker who went through his first session in the middle of a pandemic. In this episode, we discuss:

- State Rep. Wade's first session, his effort to expand Georgia's educational scholarships, the nationalization of politics, and surprises during his first year in office

- The beginning of redistricting, with the state House and Senate committees planning meetings around the state over the next several weeks

- Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler keeping her options open when it comes to the 2022 U.S. Senate race

- Special elections in HD-34 and HD-156

- And how the Atlanta Hawks are getting Buzz's hopes up

We’re back after a week off. We're sure you missed us. On this episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, we talk about the Georgia GOP convention, the race for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, Gary Black’s entrance in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate and Buddy Carter’s possible candidacy, rundown the new candidates in GA-06 and GA-10, Tyler Harper’s bid for Agriculture commissioner, Burt Jones and Brandon Beach’s trip to Arizona to observe the election audit, and Kasim Reed’s run for Mayor of Atlanta.

Tonight, we discuss the race for Lieutenant Governor. Incumbent Geoff Duncan makes it official and declines to run again. Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller is the first Republican to announce a run to replace Duncan.

Several of Georgia's members of Congress are in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene thinks wearing masks or getting a vaccine is akin to German Jews being forced to wear stars and sent to concertation camps.

Meanwhile, censure resolutions have been introduced against Congressmen Jody Hice and Andrew Clyde for comments downplaying the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol.

We have a special guest on this week’s episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. State Rep. Wes Cantrell (R-Woodstock) joined us to talk about some of his legislative initiatives, including the desperate need to increase legislator pay (just listen before you throw shade on this because if you understood it, you wouldn’t be so negative), education savings accounts, making daylight savings time permanent, and Walker’s Law. We also talk about Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms’ decision not to run for re-election, Attorney General Chris Carr’s decision to seek re-election and not run for U.S. Senate, the Colonial Pipeline and cybersecurity, and state Sen. Steve Gooch’s proposal to end Georgia’s participation in the federally enhanced unemployment benefits.

On this episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast, Buzz, Scot, and Jason discuss:

- Recently announced candidates like Bee Nguyen for Secretary of State, Matthew Wilson for Insurance Commissioner, and Eric Welsh for Georgia's 6th Congressional District

- Rumored candidates like Gary Black for U.S. Senate and Burt Jones for Lieutenant Governor

- Bert Reeves leaves the Georgia House and maybe legislators need a pay raise

- U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy visits Georgia and his effort to remove Liz Cheney as conference chair

- A new survey from the AJC and UGA offers some insight into voter sentiments on a host of issues, including the new election law

- Finally, we dive into one of our favorite policy topics -- civil asset forfeiture

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The April 28th episode of the Pod had the boys talking nonstop.

We speculate about why Doug Collins decided to declare he is not seeking any office in the next election.

Speculation about who is running for various offices including Buddy Carter, Meagan Hanson, Drew Ferguson, and Phillip Singleton. A special shout out here to John Pezold (a man can hope).

New data shows just how many Republicans stayed home during the January 5th Senate runoffs.

President Biden to visit Georgia on Thursday and our hopes for what he will say.

Loeffler takes a shot at Raffensperger forcing us to talk about the SOS office yet again (We really didn't want to).

Why the national Dem effort to ban menthol cigarettes is a Georgia issue and why it is a bad idea.

With the announcement that the Braves will be at full capacity for their home games starting on May 7th, we ask, is the pandemic over?

We have a fresh basket of political pickins’ from the Peach State for you in the latest episode of the Peach Pundit Podcast. In this episode, we discuss:

- The U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on "Jim Crow"

- U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s so-called “America First Caucus”

- The county GOP convention attacks on Kemp, et.al.

- State Rep. Vernon Jones’ primary challenge against Gov. Kemp and whether Stacey Abrams plans to run for governor

- Derek Chauvin’s conviction and criminal justice reform.

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