Jeff Amy

Reporter exploring free agency. Can say Shuqualak like a Mississippian, Espejo like a Mobilian and Courtableau like a Cajun. Email [email protected]

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Feature idea for the universe: find and interview the little girl who just got to walk out with Messi.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

@knacheme @mattyglesias This, dammit. England is, not England are.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

@EdrowScape More like “Wooter.” Also: “roof.”

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Ossoff has issues outside Atlanta, but nearly half of Georgians were born outside the state. Like 60% of voters live in metro Atlanta, depending on how you define it. And many natives aren't classically southern. My Atlanta-born wife says "water" like her Pennsylvania parents.

[Swag Jockey Fern @GrantMa25066011]

One severely under-discussed dynamic about the Georgia Senate race is that Ossoff has 0 Southern vibes. Like, at all. The guy looks, talks, and acts 100% like a wealthy New Englander. Meanwhile Collins, in terms of aesthetics, is about as stereotypically Georgian as you can get. And that stuff DOES matter in politics, Oz vs. Fetterman is a great example of this. I’d still consider Ossoff the favorite, but I don’t think libs who glaze him are grasping how his appeal to the state outside of Atlanta is totally nonexistent. And this is why it WILL be a close race. Candidates like John Fetterman and Mark Kelly who won by fairly comfortable margins didn’t just improve in the suburbs and urban cores, they put up solid performances in virtually every part of their state. Ossoff and his brand of secular, elitist politics are simply not capable of doing the same in a Bible Belt state. Atlanta may not be the place it once was, but outside of that Georgia is still as Georgia as it’s ever been.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Credit to @TheArgumentMag for the courage of their convictions, but the only Democrat elected senator or governor by more than 9.5 points in Georgia after 1990 was Zell Miller in a 2000 Senate special election. #gapol

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

I’d say those are Carr and Raffensperger voters choosing Jackson. They are the swing voters in Georgia right now:

[Niles Francis @NilesGApol]

Obviously primaries and the general election are not the same but this should terrify me if I’m KLB

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

By me for @GeorgiaRecorder: On redistricting, Georgia GOP lawmakers concluded today’s election risks outweighed future gains #gapol https://t.co/lOHXNDMubC

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

.@BrianKempGA may finally be a lame duck when the sun comes up Wednesday. He staved it off for a long time, but we'll see now. #gapol

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Well, that didn't take long. #gapol #gasen

[Jon Ossoff @ossoff]

Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate Mike Collins is a notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist currently under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. Collins, who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, voted to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, for the Iran War, and for the Trump tariffs.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Interesting story here on Georgia and other states that exempted World Cup soccer tickets from sales tax #gapol https://t.co/6ZTs1qgUSH

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

By me for @PeachPolGa: Georgia’s primary results showed the power of ‘Notlanna’ #gapol

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Oof.

[Sean Keenan @ThatSeanKeenan]

SAD THREAD: Maybe you’ve heard the news: @AtlantaCivicCircle is going under. It’s another casualty of the current, unforgiving journalism ecosystem — a loss that will leave Atlanta with, by my math, ZERO dedicated housing reporters. Let’s talk about what that means... (1/)

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

This is one of the most unexpected developments of the runoff. #gapol

[Niles Francis @NilesGApol]

Interesting, looks like Warnock and Abrams are on different sides in the SOS race (she’s backing Dana Barrett)

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

My best friend in grade school could recite the dialogue in this scene word-for-word as the Betamax tape played at his house.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

Years of tension with lawmakers led up to runoff for Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods #gapol #gaedu https://t.co/NR9UmyktMo

[Princeton University @Princeton]

Your 2026 @NCAALAX National Champions: @TigerLacrosse! 🏆 🎉 🐅

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

That’s a nice save by the ND long stick middie.

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

@mjfrecruits Princeton’s athletic program ranks seventh overall among D1 schools this year: https://t.co/6wOR4GNZVV

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

@mnestler40 @Wazi75 🐅 🐅 🐅

[Jeff Amy @jeffamy]

How to signal you’re a voting rights ball-knower.

[Kareem Crayton @KareemCrayton]

LEGAL MEMO: For the love of all that’s reasoned, can we please pronounce the 1986 NC voting rights case “JING-elz” , and not “GING-elz”!!