McLaurin says Georgia's divided Legislature can work together
(The Center Square) – Democrats will hold a slight majority in the Georgia House of Representatives, and Republicans retained a slight majority in the Senate in last week's election, but Lt. Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin tells The Center Square he thinks the two can work together. McLaurin, a Democrat, scored a double-digit win over Republican Greg Dolezal, 55.97%-44.03%, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's election results. Democrats hold 91 of 180 seats in the House of Representatives. McLaurin told broadcast host Greg Bishop on The Center Square's "The States" on Tuesday that bipartisanship is important, but Democrats now have the mandate from voters, he said. "Yes, bipartisanship is important, but the new question needs to be, can Republicans work with the new Democratic majority?" McLaurin said. "And unfortunately, they've been blocking these policy proposals that are over 70% popular for a long time: Medicaid expansion, the most basic gun safety. They implemented a very unpopular policy by implementing the six-week abortion ban." In the Georgia Senate, 29 of 56 members are Republicans. Republicans "can't even go to the bathroom," McLaurin said of the slim majority difference. "And so what I'm asking them to do is to respect the will of
