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

Former President Jimmy Carter is staying home from this year’s Democratic National Convention, but his grandson Jason Carter took the stage Tuesday night and delivered a speech in his honor ...

In the early months of 1976, New Jersey's Democratic Party establishment did not roll out a welcome mat for Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. But a 27-year-old Ruth Puglisi — now ...

When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976, he was considered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians; his name recognition was two percent.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, declared October 1 "Jimmy Carter Day" in the state, in recognition of the former president's humanitarian legacy.

Mr. Carter witnessed a shift from what had been a solidly Democratic South to one that Republicans, supported by white voters and particularly evangelicals, came to dominate.

It will form a symbolic link between Jimmy Carter’s party and Harris, the newly minted Democratic standard-bearer.

Jason Carter served in the Georgia State Senate from 2010 to 2015. In 2014, he was the Democratic party’s nominee for the governor’s race in Georgia. Then-incumbent Nathan Deal won that election.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100, has been laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following a state funeral held in Washington, D.C. “He was the ...