WABE News Quiz, January 5, 2024

It’s that they won’t seek reelection.

The Georgia House Democrats say they won’t seek reelection in 2024 after they were drawn into districts with fellow Democratic incumbents.

It’s true.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, an appointee of President Barack Obama, ruled Tuesday that the Georgians who sued over the mass challenges had not “sufficiently shown that any Georgia voter was reasonably intimidated.”

It’s Drew Ferguson.

Mike Dugan, a Carrollton Republican, filed papers with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to start raising campaign contributions for the 3rd Congressional District. The seat is opening up because four-term incumbent Drew Ferguson announced in December that he would not seek reelection.

It’s hottest.

The average temperature, which takes into account all the highs and lows, was 65.9 degrees. The only hotter average annual temperature was in 2019, when it was 66.2 degrees.

It’s bomb threats.

The Georgia State Capitol was among multiple state capitols that received bomb threats Wednesday morning leading to evacuations or lockdowns as police investigated, but no evidence of dangerous items was immediately found.

Georgia, Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana were among the states that evacuated statehouse offices or buildings.