The little-known former Georgia governor tied for 12th in early polling, but he had the right plan to win the 1976 presidential primary.

For decades, Republicans have reveled in invoking Jimmy Carter’s name to deride Democrats as weak — mockery that has influenced the way Democrats present themselves to voters.

Georgia politicians, leaders and activists are voicing their admiration for the life and legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who passed away Sunday at the age of 100.

The president, president-elect and longstanding lawmakers were among those to offer condolences after hearing of Carter’s death.

The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care.

Carter's is the only signature in pencil. On country roads leading to Atlanta, people across Georgia paid their respects to the late president and former governor Jimmy Carter. Images posted to ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who started the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, has died at the age of 100.

The coffin of former President Jimmy Carter was transported on a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol Rotunda, where Vice President Kamala Harris said his works “speak for him louder than any tribute we can offer.

The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from “Jimmy Who?” to his inauguration as the nation’s 39th president.​

Former President Jimmy Carter ... a presidential campaign came up, Carter confidently confirmed he would be running. When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976 ...