In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Bill Nigut and Tia Mitchell discuss whether Tim Scott’s abrupt decision to drop out of the Republican presidential race will have any impact here in Georgia. Could it elevate Nikki Haley’s chances to win Georgia GOP votes? Plus, in a talk at the University of Georgia just hours after declaring he won’t run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat, Joe Manchin says he’ll travel the country encouraging voters to avoid the extremes and embrace the politics of moderation.

Tia Mitchell offers an assessment of whether the GOP-controlled U.S. House is on track to pass a bill to keep the government funded past the end of this week. She reports that Georgia’s GOP delegation is split on Speaker Mike Johnson’s unique plan for passing a Continuing Resolution.

Plus, Charles Bullock and Andra Gillespie weigh in on the southern states that are now under federal court order to redraw political maps to give Black vote fairer representation. Will legislators redraw Georgia’s maps that follow the federal order?

Links to today’s topics:

Manchin stresses bipartisanship at UGA event

Tim Scott exits presidential race

Mike Johnson’s first big test

What went wrong with Georgia maps?

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