Abortion, Party Lines Dominate Georgia’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Supreme Court Election

Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he would spend more than $500,000 to help get Justice Pinson, whom he appointed in 2022, elected.

Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., on May 20, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

When Georgia voters participate in their state’s primary election on May 21, they will also get to vote for their state Supreme Court justices.

However, the officially nonpartisan contest for a seat on the state’s highest court has sparked traditional political division, with the catalyst being abortion. Politicians and groups on both sides of the aisle have declared their candidates.