Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
Husband, father, aspiring mensch. AJC politics reporter 🗞 analyst 📺 Politically Georgia podcast host 🎧 Sirius Radio 📻 Author of FLIPPED📕 Jolt Newsletter 💻
We've run in every Peachtree Road Race since I was an @ajc.com intern in 2003. We've scheduled vacations and getaways around it, trudged through injuries & rain & heat, raced before wedding celebrations and after them. Extra honored to be a proud member of the @atlantatrackclub.bsky.social board!
Echoing all the kind words for @alexwittreports.bsky.social, a brilliant host, sharp interviewer and true friend in this industry who was kind enough to have me on her show through the years - even when I was stuck in my car or on vacation
Results are trickling in here in Georgia, where I'm at Rick Jackson's campaign watch party. He's building an early lead over Burt Jones thanks to strong returns in metro Atlanta, but he's more vulnerable in rural Georgia. Here's a look at the May returns.
The @ny-knicks.bsky.social comeback victory last night enters the conversation with former UN Ambassador Andrew Young on Georgia’s impending redistricting fight. #gapol
A campaign account for Senate candidate Mike Collins mocks an adviser to rival Derek Dooley’s PAC whose wife attempted suicide after accusing Matt Lauer of rape. #gapol
The outcome of some Georgia races might not become clear until late in the night following a lockdown at an elementary school voting site. "We cannot give any results until all results have been reported for the county." #gapol
Mayor Bottoms’ allies are increasingly confident of an outright victory. It’s still very early, but her name recognition is highest in metro Atlanta, where results are only starting to roll in. #gapol
Voting at a Sandy Springs elementary school will continue for an extra four hours tonight following reports of a suspicious person and possible gunshots.
I never met Ted Turner. But as an Atlanta native, I know how much he changed the face of media and the landscape of my beloved hometown. A visit to CNN’s studios in high school supercharged my passion for journalism. A few years later, it helped give me my first on-air TV experience.
Welcome to Sine Die, the Gold Dome’s annual end-of-session sprint through chaos. Buckle up. #gapol
If you want a sense of just how warped this governor’s race has become, start with one number: $77 million. It’s already dwarfing spending on previous primaries for governor. And it’s almost entirely from the GOP side. #gapol
State Sen. Nabilah Parkes just resigned her Gwinnett-based seat to focus on her Democratic bid for lieutenant governor, triggering a special election for remainder of term. Three Dems have already qualified to run in the separate regular election for the deep-blue seat. #gapol
Undecided is a bipartisan trend here. Nearly 40% of likely Democratic voters say they haven’t made up their minds. Among those who have, Keisha Lance Bottoms leads with 35%, followed by Geoff Duncan at 13%. #gapol
Nearly 40% of likely Republican voters are also undecided about the race for governor. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson are neck-and-neck. Raffensperger is at 11% and Carr trails in single digits.
Some 40% of likely GOP voters are still undecided in the Senate race. Among those who have made up their minds, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins holds a hefty lead. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter and Derek Dooley are battling for the second runoff spot. #gapol 
Some findings from the Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media poll: Jon Ossoff leads all three of his potential GOP rivals in hypothetical matchups — though the race is tightest against U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter. #gapol
If you see my daughters at the Georgia Capitol today, please please please don’t embarrass them #gapol
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headlining a fundraiser for former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ bid for governor next weekend while he’s in Atlanta for his book tour. #gapol
Close enough … Quiz: Do You Speak 2025? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
Trump is promoting a poll by Cooper Jacks, second-vice chair of the Walker County GOP and former state teen GOP chair. He told me it was "by no means a 'professional' poll." It involved 369 voters, most involved in Republican groups. "I did it out of curiosity," he said. #gapol
With the @ajc.com print edition ending, the newsroom looked at some of the breakthrough moments in the paper’s pages that shaped its staff. Here’s mine: