Home News Sports Entertainment Tech Business Chipotle Burrito Vault returns with $2 millio… Bassyonni 30 Mar 2026 Home News Georgia GOP Push to Strip Party Labels in 5 Metro Counties Signals Strategic Shift News Georgia GOP Push to Strip Party Labels in 5 Metro Counties Signals Strategic Shift Bassyonni Published: March 29, 2026 10:09 AM ET In a move aimed squarely at metro Atlanta, georgia lawmakers in the Republican-majority House advanced legislation to remove party labels from many local offices in the region’s five largest counties. The measure, which now heads to the governor, would make district attorney races and several county offices nonpartisan when it takes effect in 2028, while leaving sheriff contests on the ballot with party identification. Why this matters now The bill targets Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Cobb and Gwinnett counties — jurisdictions that have delivered sustained Democratic gains. Sponsors frame the change as a public-safety reform; critics frame it as a political response to recent losses by Republican candidates. Passage in the Republican-majority House followed debate in the Senate and now places the fate of the legislation on the governor’s desk, wit
