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Presents issues related to politics in the United States as of October 15, 2000. Racial and political progress in Georgia; Misconduct charges facing lawyer Yvonne L. Hughes, who has run for various political positions in Louisiana; Update on the poll standing of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush.

Reports the support of the Senate Majority leader to the senatorial candidacy of former Senator Mack Mattingly in Georgia. Effort of the Senate Majority Leader to transfer military contract to Mississippi; Possibility of a military contract cancellation; Reaction of Democratic mayor, Jim Marshall of the threat of the Senate Majority leader.

Reports developments related to the politics and government in Georgia as of July 2000. Includes the decision of Representative Saxby Chambliss to quit the senatorial candidacy; Appointment and induction of Democratic Governor Zell Miller as interim senator; Impact of the decision of Chambliss on the candidacy of Representative Jack Kingston.

Focuses on the political career of senator Paul Coverdell of Georgia. His part in the evolution of Georgia politics; His stance on black aspirations; His accomplishments as a United States Senator.

Reports on a competition for the Senate seat in Georgia in the fall of 2000. Choices for the Democrats; Details on the short list of Georgia Governor Roy Barnes; Potential candidates from the Republican Party.

Reports recruitment for other political candidates by Democratic Party in Georgia. Enlistment of Former Macon Mayor Jim Marshall; Victory of GOP Representative Johnny Isakson in his fundraising campaign; Attempts to dislodge GOP Representatives Bob Barr and Saxby Chambliss from the Democrats; Fund raising performance of Barr and Chambliss.

Reports on the electricity problem in Georgia. Problem on corruption; Use of corrupt meter; Efforts made by President Eduard A. Shevardnadze to launch a national currency; Reason for the suspension of the International Monetary Fund program.

Focuses on the gubernatorial race in Georgia in 1998. Significance of the outcome of the race to the future of the state and the Democratic Party; Growth of Georgia's economy; Challenger of Democratic incumbent governor, Roy E. Barnes; Platform of Barnes.

Profiles Governor Zell Miller of Georgia. Details on Miller's term in office as a Democratic governor; Approval ratings received by Miller on his job performance; Background information on Miller's political career; Comments from Miller.

Reports on the decision of Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia, to delay the school prayer vote.

Reports on the results of the November 2, 1992 local elections in Georgia. Defeat of Fulton County Commissioner Martin Luther King III for the office of commission chairman; Mike Skandalakis' victory margin.

Reports on political developments in Georgia. Gubernatorial elections; Withdrawal of Senator Johnny Isakson; Speculation of motives; Support from the Christian coalition; Major John Knox as front-runner; Endorsement of Paul Coverdell; Doubts about a Knox nomination; Other contenders; Zell Miller's invitation to the `Gay Games Convention'; Representative Don Johnson's vote for the Clinton budget.

Discusses the status of the Republican Party in Georgia. Left out by sister Republican parties in other Southern states; 1992 as the `golden age' of the Republicans in their state; Republican ranks in the Georgia Senate; Bob Guhl; Announcement of incumbent Governor Miller to seek re-election; Republican contenders; State of Georgia's economy.

Looks at the debate over legislation in Georgia which makes adultery, fornication and sodomy illegal. Former Georgia attorney general Mike Bowers, who admitted in June of 1997 that he had been involved in a 10-year adulterous affair; Attempts to remove the legislation regulating sexual behavior; The efforts of state Representative Doug Teper; The changing moral landscape in Georgia which may allow the laws to be removed; Regulation of sex as outside the jurisdiction of criminal law.

Explores the implications of Georgia district ruling about the illegality of district boundary of Representative Cynthia McKinney's constituency, on the future of racial politics. Details of ruling on the issue; Implication of black district for Republican Party; Background of formation of black districts; Arguments of supporters and critics of black district; Implications of Voting Rights Acts for racial politics.

Looks at the racial split caused in Georgia's House delegation by the switching over to the Republican Party by Representative Nathan Deal. Views of Merle Black, a political scientist at Emory University on the issue.

Reports on the sexual misconduct of former Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers, who admitted that he had been involved in an affair for ten years. The irony of the confession, which came after a federal appellate court upheld his authority to rescind a job offer to attorney Robin Joy Shahar after discovering that she planned to marry another woman; How political parties in Georgia are responding to the news; How the news will affect Bowers' run for governor of Georgia.

Reports that businessman Michael J. Coles will be challenging US House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District. Cole's criticisms on Gingrich's congressional performance.

Focuses on the complicated racial politics of Georgia's Fourth Congressional District. Legislature's creation of three majority-black districts; Redrawing of the map due to court rulings that the redistricting plan was unconstitutional because it was predominantly based on race; Black liberal Cynthia A. McKinney's complaints against her rivals.

Reports on rulings in New York and Georgia paralleling the challenges to the Communications Decency Act. Rulings; Specifications on each case; Officials in both states considering appeal.

Focuses on the tension over racism and anti-semitism generated by the campaign for the US House seat in Georgia. Features of the campaign by incumbent House Representative Cynthia A. McKinney; Features of the charges of antisemitism against McKinney made by Republican Party challenger John Mitnick; Previous performance by McKinney in the House.

Presents information on the revised configuration and the significant demographic changes to seven of the eleven districts in Georgia. Removal of Republicans Cynthia McKinney and Sanford Bishop as majority blacks; Relocation of McKinney and Bishop; Information on other changes in the districts; Map following ruling by the Supreme Court of the redistricting plan; Reason for ruling by the court.

Editorial. Discusses Georgia's decision to adopt a redistricting plan to create three districts that maximized the voting strength of minorities. Reason Georgia implemented plan; Election of African American incumbents in large majorities on Election Day; Names of African Americans.

Discusses the implications of Supreme Court's decision to redraw the Georgia's 4th Congressional District for incumbent Representative Cynthia McKinney, the state's first black woman in Congress. Demographics of the new district; Unusual efforts to court the Jewish voters; Break down of South's traditional race-based voting blocs; McKinney's efforts to reach out to white voters; Campaign issues.

Focuses on Georgia's compliance record on Universal Declaration on Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Why Georgia was singled out by the American Bar Association in reference to Georgia's rights; Information on the prison growth in Georgia.