Hello.

I'm Rick Folbaum, news anchor at ANF in Atlanta.

Welcome to the Atlanta Press Club.

Loudermilk-Young Debate Series from the studios of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

The 2026 debate series was made possible by grants to the Atlanta Press Club from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and the Robert Charles Loudermilk Loudermilk Foundation.

This is the debate for Democratic candidates running for Georgia Attorney General.

We have two journalists who will question the candidates.

Charmain Cruz is a criminal justice reporter at WABE in Atlanta, and Rosie Manins is a legal affairs reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

I'm going to kick off today's debate, asking each of the candidates to introduce themselves and tell viewers why they should be Georgia's next attorney general.

Candidates will have 60s to introduce themselves, and we'll go in alphabetical order, starting with Tanya Miller.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm Tanya Miller, and like so many Georgia families, I know what it's like to struggle.

I was raised by a kind woman with a strong backbone who worked hard to keep a roof over our head.

I got my first job at 9-years-old, delivering newspapers, and what I learned early was that when things get hard, you show up and you fight for the people you care about.

And that has been my life's career.

I prosecuted violent criminals.

I've held powerful interests accountable, and I've stood up for people who needed someone to speak up for them.

Listen, our rights are under attack.

We have corporations that are keeping the cost of live too high.

We have Donald Trump and his allies trying to roll back our rights and put themselves above the law.

As your next Attorney General, I will stand up and stand in for you.

It is time to put the people first in Georgia.

I have a record of doing it, and it is my high honor to ask for your vote for Attorney General.

Thank you.

Thank you, Bob Trammell is next.

Haven't we had enough of Donald Trump's chaos?

He's attacking our voting rights, jacking up costs, and even getting us into war.

Enough is enough.

I'm Bob Trammell, and I've spent my life fighting for Georgia families.

As a lawyer for 27 years in Georgia and as a legislator in state in the state House for six years, and as Democratic leader for four of those years.

I'm from the one traffic light town of Luthersville, Georgia, a town of 800 people where I live and grew up, and where my wife, Jenny, and I are raising our three children, ages 13, 11-8 We need an attorney general who will stand for the rule of law, make life more affordable for Georgians, and defend the Constitution.

And that means taking on Trump, taking him to court and taking on his enablers here in Georgia, too.

And I'll be that attorney general.

For the full set of debate rules, please visit Atlanta Press club.org.

Our panel will now ask a question to an individual candidate, and we'll start with Charmaine Cruz, who will ask a question for Tanya Miller.

Once again, you have 60s for your response.

Good morning, Representative Miller.

Republicans have held the attorney general post in Georgia for two decades.

Why should Georgians vote for a Democrat now, and what should they expect from a Democrat?

Thank you for that question.

Listen for the better part of two decades, working families in Georgia have been left out and left behind.

We have Republicans that have prioritized politics over people.

They have sided with big corporations.

They have pursued Trump's agenda without any regard for working families.

Hospitals have closed.

Our schools are left behind.

We have the worst maternal mortality rate in the country.

And listen, that is not going to change unless we change leadership.

I am a proven fighter.

I am a former prosecutor.

I am a civil rights lawyer.

And I believe this, that it is time that we put the people first.

We're going to take on Donald Trump.

We're going to take on special interests.

We're going to make sure that that office transforms from a corporate counsel to the ruling class, to the people's law firm.

We're going to tackle costs.

We're going to fight the corporations that are keeping prices high by cheating and ripping off Georgia families.

And we're going to hold Trump's enablers accountable in court.

Rosie Manus, please ask a question for Bob Trammell.

Good morning, Representative Trammell.

Uh, Georgia has some fairly conservative laws on the books already and is likely to continue to have conservative laws.

Uh, if, you know, especially if the Republicans control the legislature as attorney general, it will be your job to defend Georgia's laws in court.

How are you going to do that as a Democrat?

Well, thank you for the question.

And first, I want to say about one of Georgia's laws, which is the restrictive six week abortion ban, which is just an abomination in Georgia.

And I want to make it very clear that when I'm attorney General, our office will not prosecute women and we will not prosecute doctors under that under that law, with respect to how we go about handling the office and the General Assembly, I think that the Attorney General has to take a more active hand during the legislative session in giving guidance to the types of laws that are coming out of the General Assembly.

And with my background as being the Democratic leader in the legislature and the relationships that I have there, I very much look forward to going down and working with the legislature.

But look, at the end of the day, the job is to protect Georgians.

And if that means that they're passing laws that are harming Georgians and violating their constitutional rights, we're going to make sure that the attorney general's office is on the side of Georgians.

Thank you for that.

Charmaine, it's your turn to ask a question of Bob Trammell.

Mr.

Trammell, what other issues would you sue to block the Trump administration's actions on?

Well, the first thing that I want to say is that job number one is making sure that we protect voting rights here in Georgia.

It's just a disgrace that the attorney General's office did not go to federal court the day that the FBI was in Fulton County and Union City, seizing ballots from the 2020 election, something that telegraphs a clear intention to try to seed sow the seeds of confusion and chaos when it.

Comes to the 2026 election.

So we'll be in attorney General's office that fights to uphold the Georgia, the voting rights of Georgians, and make sure that Donald Trump doesn't succeed when it comes to sowing those seeds of chaos.

Another example that we would do is we would make sure that we're on the right side of the 14th amendment and the birthright citizenship case, and not on the side that Georgia is presently in, where our attorney general has taken the position that the text of the 14th amendment doesn't literally mean what it says for people who are born in our country.

Rosie, you may ask a question of Tanya Miller.

Good morning, Representative Miller.

You talked earlier about standing up for the average Georgian and putting the rights of Georgians over the rights of corporate interests.

Is there an opportunity, um, that the AG had to do that and sort of messed up that you.

You can identify where the current attorney general, you know, chose corporate interests, perhaps over the rights of Georgians.

Yes, absolutely.

I would point your attention to right now in Georgia, in Atlanta, there are corporations who are corporate, real estate investors who are price fixing.

In other words, they are using AI to collude to keep prices artificially high.

We know that that's been reported by the Department of Justice.

That is a well-known fact.

Atlanta is number one.

We have seen absolute silence from Chris Carr, the current attorney general.

We have absolutely seen no action on behalf of Republicans to protect renters in that specific regard.

We also know that there are grocery store chains.

We know that folks who are price gouging in the hurricanes, charging $10 a gallon for gasoline, $35 a case for water.

Hotels charging exorbitant fees when when Georgians needed a place to stay.

All of these instances we saw Chris Carr siding with corporate interests and not sticking up for the people under my administration.

As the Attorney General, we will absolutely protect people, especially in their time of need.

Thank you, Miss Miller.

And that concludes our first round.

Each candidate will now ask a question to their opponent.

You'll have 30s to ask the question 60s to respond.

And the person who asked the question will get a 32nd rebuttal.

Bob Trammell you get the first question for Tanya Miller?

Thank you so much.

As we know, Georgia is a battleground state and we haven't won statewide constitutional offices in a long time.

Um, what is your plan for talking to swing voters and Republican voters who maybe haven't voted for Democratic candidates since?

This will be your first general election facing Republican opposition?

Thank you for that question, Bob.

Listen, my plan is this.

I am a former federal prosecutor.

I am a former state prosecutor.

I have stood up in court and defended the rule of law.

I have been a public safety partner with law enforcement and other prosecutors across this country and the state.

Listen, what I think all Georgians care about is whether or not they are being treated fairly in the course of action, whether it's the economy, whether it's the rule of law, whether it is our voting rights, what voters want, whether they're Democrats or Republicans, in my opinion, is someone who's going to stand up for them, who is going to put them before special interests, and who is going to protect them in a way that only a prosecutor can.

That is what I bring to this table.

I have a record to prove it, and I think that is what voters care about.

Frankly.

Mr.

Trammell, it's your chance for a rebuttal.

Thank you.

Well, um, I appreciate your experience in court and your trial experience, but when it comes to the full combat general election experience of facing a Republican, I am battle tested.

Uh, Republicans made my district the number one target in the country.

They paid $1 million in my district.

And there's you can either be battle tested or untested.

Tanya Miller, it's your turn to ask a question of Bob Trammell.

I appreciate Bob's characterization of his race.

Look, your district was targeted because it was a close district and you lost.

So at the end of the day, we are talking about 2026.

We are living in a new time and a new era.

Trump is deeply unpopular.

And what we know about Democrats is that they do not want the same old Democratic playbook.

They want someone who is a fighter.

They want someone who will stand up to Donald Trump, and someone who will stand up to corporate interests.

That is what the people want.

That is what all the polling says.

That is what I'm hearing on the campaign trail, and that is exactly what I have a record of doing.

Miss Miller, do you have a question for Bob Trammell?

I do, thank you.

Bob.

The attorney general is Georgia's top prosecutor.

I prosecuted homicides, sex crimes and federal cases.

Your resume shows legislative service, county attorney work, private civil practice, but not prosecuting violent crime.

Can you name the toughest criminal case?

You personally prosecuted the charge in the verdict.

Well, thank you for that question.

Um, I've never been in a criminal case with the full power and weight and resources of the government behind me, but I've been in a lot of criminal cases during my 27 years experience as a lawyer here in Georgia, armed with one thing on behalf of my clients.

And that is the United States Constitution.

You know, the job of the attorney general is a wide ranging job that has things that covers things from water rights to consumer protection to defending the constitutional rights of Georgia.

And in my 27 years, I've been blessed and fortunate to fight for Georgia families with a wide variety of general law experience, including criminal law experience.

So I'm not limited to knowing my way around the courthouse in only one section, I'm prepared to lead the state's largest law firm on the issues that face Georgia, including combating Donald Trump.

Miss Miller, your chance for a rebuttal.

Bob, you well know that I also have a 20 year plus experience as a lawyer, ten of that as a prosecutor, state and federal, the second half as a civil rights lawyer, a workers rights lawyer and a lawyer for injured parties.

I have taken on insurance companies.

I have taken on special interests, and I am, as, uh, as we know, the Constitution requires prepared to be the chief law enforcement officer to help district attorneys, to help counties, to help citizens all across the state, in every area that they need.

Thank you very much.

You're watching the Democratic primary debate for Georgia Attorney General.

We'll now go back to the panel, who will ask questions to the candidates of their choice.

Until we run out of time.

Charmain Cruz, let's start with you.

My question is actually for the both of you, current Attorney General Chris Carr brought a sweeping, 61 person racketeering indictment against protesters of Atlanta's Public Safety training center three years ago.

Most of that case was recently dismissed.

Carr's office is appealing and new action is being taken against three of the defendants.

Given your priorities, would you continue prosecuting these cases or do you think resources should be diverted elsewhere.?

And to which candidate first?

For both of them.

Starting with.

With Representative Miller, please.

Thank you.

So as a former state and federal prosecutor, this is what I will do on day one when I become the attorney General.

I will look at every single indictment that that office has brought down, and I will evaluate it with an eye toward proof, beyond a reasonable doubt.

The question is simply this as a prosecutor, you have to weigh the evidence against each individual.

There were 61 people charged in that indictment.

So we're going to do that not for just this case, but for every case in that office.

I have the experience to do it.

And this is exhibit A for why you have to have a prosecutor at the job of the top prosecutor for the state.

When you indict people with a crime, you put their lives on the line.

You need to know what you're doing.

You need to understand the rules, and you need to make sure that the evidence suits every individual and every charge that you have levied.

So that is what the work is.

It is work I am experienced with.

I have worked with law enforcement to do this work.

I have worked to keep our community safe as a homicide prosecutor and a crimes against women and children.

Prosecutor.

I'll take that experience with me.

Thank you, Mr.

Trammell.

Your turn.

Well, the problem that the Attorney General had with that prosecution is that he failed to get the necessary authority from the governor's office to proceed with the prosecution.

And one of the reasons that you have to get that authority is because the attorney General's office is not principally a district attorney's office.

And with respect to these charges, the 61 that failure to get the requisite authority is what was the procedural flaw in that.

And our office is not going to go and spend a lot of time trying to clean up the president, attorney general's mistakes when it comes to those charges that were brought against those 61, the vast majority of those charges, and the vast majority of those defendants were grossly overcharged.

And like I said, we're not going to bring the broom to try to clean that up for the president.

Attorney general.

We're going to evaluate them.

And in most cases, there are a lot of those cases are going to be dismissed.

Rosie Mannix, please ask your question of the candidate of your choice.

Thank you.

Um, I'll carry on the theme and ask a question that both of you can answer.

Um, a large part of the Attorney General's job is perhaps not so glamorous, but managing an office and a team of people and making sure that it all runs smoothly.

The Georgia Department of Law, um, I'd like Representative Trammell for you to go first.

Just detailing some of the management experience that you have and talking to how you will actually be successful in that aspect of the job.

Well, thank you so, so much for that question.

As your question points out, the Department of Law is literally a large law firm that operates on behalf of the state, and it does everything from reviewing contracts to advising state agencies and state officers to representing the court in litigation, to representing the state in litigation with respect to management experience, I've owned my own business for 23 years, supervised employees.

In that context, I led a Democratic caucus for four years of members in the General Assembly, and I look forward to, as a lawyer, working on the mission of representing Georgians and working with the men and women at the Department of Law to make sure that we're protecting Georgia's interests, upholding the public trust, and protecting Georgians and their families.

Miss Miller, your turn.

Thank you for that question.

I have worked as a supervising attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office, where I assisted the district attorney in doing just that, running the office.

In addition to that, I have experience working in big law.

So I've worked in large law firms.

I've run my own practice.

I have done that for the last ten years.

That is essentially a small business where I have employees in cases to manage.

In addition to that, I am currently a leader in the Georgia House of Representatives.

We have 81 members.

I am chair of that caucus, and of course, that requires a good deal of management and understanding a lot of moving parts.

So we're going to take all of that experience, all of my leadership experience, my experience actually working in a government office in a supervisory capacity, and we are going to take all of that, and we're going to manage that office in a way that puts the people first.

Yes, it is about reading contracts.

Yes, it is about managing different departments.

But what we have to do is have a different mindset for the capabilities and the possibilities of this office.

This office has to run for the people making their lives better.

Thank you.

Charmaine, let's go back to you.

My question again is for the both of you.

I would like to start with Mr.. Um.

Trammell.

I'm sorry.

It's against federal law to shoot down drones used to smuggle contraband into prisons and jails.

It also carries safety risks.

But Georgia's current attorney general said in a recent campaign that add that it's okay to do it.

Will you defend people facing criminal charges in federal court for following his recommendation as the next attorney general, and or what specific ideas do you have for addressing this issue?

Well, thank you for the question.

Our prison system is an absolute mess, and your question doesn't specifically ask about this.

We have a constitutional crisis when it comes to the conditions in prisons and the rhetoric that we'll shoot down drones for contraband is unhelpful and a distraction from addressing the constitutional crisis that we have in our prisons.

As a lawyer, I sued the Department of Corrections on behalf of someone who was in custody and was stabbed seven times because a guard popped the door to allow an inmate with a knife to go in and stab him.

But we will immediately issue guidance that Georgians, Georgia's employees and the Department of Corrections are supposed to follow the law and reverse that political rhetoric.

That is bad policy.

And then we'll have to do something to encourage the legislature to address the crisis in our prisons.

Thank you, Mr.

Trammell.

Miss Miller.

Thank you.

Look, that kind of comment from Chris Carr is what we have seen, typically by Republicans in their decades long mismanagement of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Corrections is is in a constitutional crisis because it has been severely neglected and underfunded for decades.

It is dangerous.

It is dangerous for the people inside, and it is dangerous for the community outside.

So absolutely not.

We will not defend people in court for shooting down drones.

But what we will do is make sure that that prison department is under the advice of a civil rights lawyer who has represented people in conditions of confinement, not one off cases, but as a career choice.

Because it is important, it is important public safety matter.

When people are doing their time, we ought to make sure that they come out rehabilitated and law abiding, taxpaying citizens, not citizens, not worse criminals, and will use our resources as the next attorney general to take a lead on that from a place of deep experience and knowledge.

Rosie.

Your turn.

Thank you.

Another question that both can answer.

Um, this goes back to a sort of earlier point, but if Georgia has a Republican governor, perhaps a Republican lieutenant governor, and you get in as a Democratic attorney general, one, is that a problem?

Um, two, if it is, how do you address it.

, starting with Mr.

Trammell?

Well, thank you for the question.

And we haven't had that situation in Georgia since Thurbert Baker was the Democratic attorney general in.

Sonny Perdue was the Republican governor.

Um, and if that is the situation, the mission of the attorney General's office is simple is, is to make sure that the state and its officers are complying with the law.

And as long as that's happening, there's no problem.

But if the Republican governor or the Republican lieutenant governor are doing things that are unconstitutional or asking the state to take positions that are contrary to law, then it does set up a conflict where I, as the attorney general, will be going into court, making sure that we're defending the Constitution, that we're upholding the rule of law.

There's a special statute in those circumstances where the governor can appoint his own special counsel to represent himself and proceed in that situation, but we are going to follow the law.

As the Attorney General.

You can count on that.

Miss Miller, your turn.

Thank you.

The number one job of the attorney general is to defend the Constitution of Georgia and the Constitution of the United States.

The job is to represent the people as a duly elected constitutional officer.

There are constitutional powers that are relegated to the attorney general.

My attorneys general's office will absolutely flex every muscle that is in our wheelhouse to make sure that we are doing the work that I am committing to do, and that is turning that office into an office that works for working people.

My hope is that the Republican governor, governor, if one should be elected, will share in that mission, and we will enjoy cooperation.

I will seek to do that.

But at the end of the day, the Attorney General's job is to enforce the law to understand what that power is and to do it with excellence.

In addition to that, the Attorney General has a unique job to use the microphone to talk to the people about what that office can do and what that office is being obstructed from doing.

So the goal is to work together, but it is also to use the full force of that office to fight for people.

Thank you.

That's all the time we have for questions.

The candidates will now have 60s for a closing statement and Bob Trammell, let's start with you.

We have the ability to hold the Trump administration accountable and take Trump to court and take on his enablers and take them to court here in Georgia to, uh, I'm Bob Trammell and I've spent my life fighting for Georgians, first as a lawyer for 27 years here in Georgia, and also as a legislator in the state House for six years, four of those as Democratic leaders.

We've heard a lot of talk about plans and things that the office would do.

But the truth is that if we don't protect the rule of law and we don't stand up to the Trump administration and uphold voting rights in Georgia, nothing else matters.

I'm battle tested.

I've been in five elections, five general elections against a Republican opponent each and every time.

And I've won in a district where Democrats aren't supposed to win, a district that also voted for Donald Trump and Brian Kemp.

So in this election, the choice is you have the opportunity to elect in this primary a battle tested person who is ready to go.

Because in the general election, there are no rules and there's no judge in court, just you, against fierce Republican opposition.

Thank you very much.

Tanya Miller, it's your turn.

Thank you.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Georgia.

I am Tanya Miller, and I'm asking for your vote for Attorney General.

Listen, I see you.

I am you and I love you.

That is why I do this work.

And ultimately, any person signing up to lead the people ought to love them.

All of them.

I have a proven record of standing up against the powerful.

As a civil rights lawyer in court, I have a proven record of protecting Georgians as a state and federal prosecutor.

This is not talk for me.

This is not a job about politics.

This is about a job that is designed for and should do great work on behalf of the people.

Listen, Georgia has elected two Democratic senators to represent it at the Capitol.

All this talk about watering down who we are as Democrats and our value props and scaring us into something that we are not, is not how we win elections.

It is not that kind of person that's going to stand up to Donald Trump.

It is a prosecutor who's going to stand up for Donald Trump.

You want to talk about the rule of law on the campaign trail?

Well, I've lived it.

I've done it for a living.

That's what prosecutors do.

That's what civil rights lawyers do.

That's what I'll do.

As your next attorney general.

Thank you.

Early voting is already underway.

It runs through May 15th.

Election day is Tuesday, May 19.

And we thank both of the candidates and our panel of journalists.

We'd also like to thank the Atlanta Press Club and Georgia Public Broadcasting for arranging today's debate.

I'm Rick Folbaum from Atlanta News.

First, thanks so much for joining us on the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series.

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We tried to stick them back onto the.

Plant.

And they just fell down.

But we saw the veggies you have growing in water here, and we were wondering if there was a way we could help these branches grow.

Back to you.

Found my plant cuttings.

Cuttings?

I cut these scraps off while I was cooking and put them in water.

And now they're growing again.

Some plants can grow from just a part of a plant.

They grow new roots and leaves and get big and strong.

Just like the plant they came from.

Can the jade plant do that too?

Yes.

That's one of the reasons why Jade is my favorite.

I can snip off branches and replant them and grow new plants just like this.

That's so interesting, Bubba.

Can we help you turn these branches into cuttings to share with your neighbors?

I thought you'd never ask.

Yeah.

Thank you for letting us be your garden helpers.

Today.

And for introducing us to so many amazing desert plants.

Thank you kids for helping me prepare all these plants for my neighbors.

I couldn't have done it without you.

These are for.

You.

Our own Jade.

Thank you.

Bubba.

And thanks for showing us that new.

Plants don't only grow from.

Seeds.

They can even grow from a broken branch.

Yay, yay!

Whoa!

I think you might want this, Ari.

Nice save.

Mom, you should join our next game of catch.

Eleanor wonders why is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people and by viewers like you.

Thank you.

Let's zoom into another comic book adventure.

Right behind you, Superboy.

Powerful picnic problems.

It's so sunny.

Oh, hi, super readers today, wonder Ed and I are going to have lunch in the park with.

Whoa!

It's bright.

Here I come.

Power page.

Ooh, here she comes.

I better hurry, I'll use my power pencil to make the trees nice and tall so we can have lots of shade.

Make the trees tall.

Hi power page.

Hi.

Wonder.

Oh.

Whoa!

Why are the trees falling?

I don't know, I wanted tall trees so we could have some shade.

So I wrote make the trees tall.

I wanted the trees to be tall, but I wrote the word tall instead of tall.

Oh, powerful.

Plummeting pine problems.

Wonder bread.

We've gotta fix this.

Oh, ball call.

Wonder if it's.

You're terrific.

Tall Hall wall.

Wonder if you're terrific.

All.

There are lots of words in the all family.

The first letter of each word makes it unique.

You wanna make trees look all tall, but start with F and you'll make them f all fall.

Super readers.

We need the first letter of the word tall.

What letter makes the T sound t?

Yep, t this isn't a t, it's the letter F, the letter F curves at the top and makes the sound.

But the letter T stands straight up.

No curve at the top.

Let's use my power pencil to fix this word.

Pencil power.

Let's write a. T one straight line down.

Another little straight line across right.

There.

Make the trees tall.

You did it.

Power page.

You saved the park and our lunch.

Thanks, wonder Red and thank you, super readers!

Woohoo!

High time!

Woo hoo!

Hooray!

But don't go away.

We'll need your help another day.

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It's the only place where you can play hundreds of games with all your favorite PBS kids friends.

What are we waiting for?

Vamos!

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It's the really, really awesome PBS Kids Activity Challenge.

Looking for something fun to do with your friends?

How about this ball of string PBS kids challenges you to take on this awesome activity right now?

So get up and explore the science behind the sticky, stringy ice cube.

Now we just fly through the geyser and scoop up all the ice we want.

But who's gonna scoop up the ice?

You'll do it.

Sunspot.

Wow.

Thanks to make your sticky, stringy ice cubes, you'll need a shallow bowl of ice string or yarn scissors, and a salt shaker with mom's help.

Cut some string and hold it over an ice cube like this.

Then sprinkle salt with a string.

Meets the ice.

Count to 15 and then try picking up the ice cube with the string.

Get up, get out and start your really, really awesome PBS Kids Activity Challenge.

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