Georgia House Republicans reelected their speaker Monday, and Georgia House Democrats gathered Tuesday to elect a new minority leader: former caucus Chairman James Beverly of Macon.
Beverly replaces Minority Leader Bob Trammell, who was defeated by a massive, coordinated Republican campaign and the most expensive state House race in Georgia history.
The celebration by the caucus of Democratic gains at the presidential level and three House seats that Democrats flipped (including the last Republican-held Atlanta seat) was muted by the loss of Trammell.
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