Political Rewind: Ga. plays role in Judge Jackson's historic confirmation; Latest on big ad spending

Published: April 8, 2022, 2:29 p.m.

Friday on Political Rewind: As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, Sen. Raphael Warnock noted it was Georgia voters who gave Democrats the majority in the Senate. Plus, our panel broke down the latest news about ad spending in the Georgia's gubernatorial and Senate races.\n\nThe panel:\n\nDr. Andra Gillespie \u2014 Professor of political science and director, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, Emory University\n\nDr. Charles Bullock\xa0\u2014\xa0Professor of political science, University of Georgia\n\nRick Dent\xa0\u2014\xa0Vice president, Matrix Communications\n\nTimestamps: \n:00 \u2013 Introductions\n3:49 \u2013 Judge Jackson confirmed, with help from Georgia voters\n22:15 \u2013 Ad spending in 2022 elections\n39:18 \u2013 Stacey Abrams spending\n44:28 \u2013 Senate race spending, Warnock v. Walker\n\nSubscribe to the Political Rewind newsletter at GPB.org/newsletter.