Democrats in Georgia are the minority at the State Capitol. They’ve long pushed for Medicaid expansion and gun safety measures. This session, House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley says she has new hope.

Democrats in Georgia are the minority at the State Capitol. They’ve long pushed for Medicaid expansion and gun safety measures. This session, House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley says she has new hope.

A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a decade of firm GOP resistance.