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Welcome to the Georgia Today Podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode, Floyd county moves to stabilize its fire damaged courthouse. Georgia Tech students consider sustainability in space, and there's good reason to think recovering from Hurricane Helene will take much longer than just a few years.
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Even further down, like 15 years after a storm, these places that are getting hit have a higher likelihood of mortality.
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Today is Tuesday, April 7th. I'm Peter Biello and this is Georgia Today. Voters in northwest Georgia are deciding today who will replace former Rome Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for the remainder of her term. GPB's Sarah Kalis reports.
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Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Sean Harris are both hoping to represent northwest Georgia for the remainder of Greene's term. Green stepped down in January. Fuller has President Donald Trump's endorsement in the heavily Republican 14th District. National Democrats like former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg have campaigned for Harris ahead of the runoff. David Hale is a Paulding county voter.
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It's very important.
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I hope we get a good guy in Washington.
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We need it.
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Whoever wins the special election will have to run again next month in the regular primary for a term beginning in January 2027. For GPB news, I'm Sarah Kalis in Paulding County.
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Some of those same northwest Georgia voters also will settle a race to replace former Trenton Republican State Senator Colton Moore, who stepped down in January in an unsuccessful bid to replace Greene. Voters will also cast ballots in the Augusta based district where Democratic State Representative Lynn Hefner stepped down in January, citing damage to her home from Hurricane Helene and the state law requiring lawmakers to live in the districts they represent. And in metro Atlanta, two Democrats are on the ballot seeking to replace former Stone Mountain Democratic State Representative Karen Bennett, who resigned in January before pleading guilty to unemployment fraud. After last week's Artemis 2 launch, Americans once again are thinking about exploring and settling in space. GPB's Chase McGee has more on a class at Georgia Tech that looks towards the future.
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