ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michael Thurmond on Wednesday announced his 2026 bid for Georgia governor, seeking to add the state's top office to the long list of positions he has held.

Michael Thurmond has served as a state representative, led the state Division of Family and Children Services and later as labor commissioner.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan, who was formerly expelled from the Republican Party by the GOP state executive committee in January, announced that he’s now a member of the Democratic

Geoff Duncan, former Republican lt. governor of Georgia, talks with Jen Psaki about how the Republican Party is unrecognizable to him now, having become a cult for Donald Trump, and explains why he has not only left the GOP but has switched to the Democratic Party.

Parts of Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked down Wednesday after an active shooter was reported on the Army post, a spokesperson said.

Five soldiers were shot as a gunman stormed US military base Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday, Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield said. The gunman opened fire at the soldiers in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area,