The capital of Georgia is Atlanta. As with all other US states
and the federal government, Georgia's government is based on the
separation of legislative, executive and judicial power.
Executive authority in the state rests with the governor. Both
the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on separate
ballots to four-year terms of office. Unlike the federal
government, but like many other U.S. States, most of the
executive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are
elected by the citizens of Georgia rather than appointed by the
governor. Legislative authority resides in the General Assembly,
composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The
Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate, while the House of
Representatives selects their own Speaker. The Georgia
Constitution mandates a maximum of 56 senators, elected from
single-member districts, and a minimum of 180 representatives,
apportioned among representative districts (which sometimes
results in more than one representative per distric