The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently quoted Dr. Mary L. Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and Associated Faculty in the History Department, in an article about Georgia state politics and the 2022 elections. The piece provides an overview of divides among republicans in Georgia, as well as the implications of those cleavages for democratic candidates, in advance of the 2022 elections. Read an excerpt from the article citing Dudziak below along with the full piece: “As 2022 dawns, Georgia Republicans focus on 2020 election.”

“‘The emergency lights are on. The threat to democracy is real and the need to safeguard the electoral system in Georgia is urgent,’ said Mary Dudziak, an Emory University law professor who has written extensively on the intersection of race, civil rights and foreign policy during the Cold War.”