Georgia Republicans are under Trump’s shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees
Trump-backed candidates and self-funding are testing GOP influence as voters choose nominees for Senate and governor, with the Senate winner facing Ossoff.
- Voters head to the polls today for The Georgia GOP gubernatorial runoff, where businessman Rick Jackson leads Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones 49 percent to 46 percent, with the winner advancing to face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.
- A runoff was triggered after last month's primary resulted in no majority, with Jones finishing first at roughly 38 percent and Jackson receiving about 33 percent while positioning himself as an outsider alternative.
- Jackson's surge coincides with a massive self-funded campaign; Politico reported he spent roughly $100 million, while a Cygnal polling memo released last week similarly showed Jackson overtaking Jones.
- The InsiderAdvantage pollster plans to publish another survey ahead of the election, accounting for the late-stage endorsement of Jones by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, as 5 percent of voters remain undecided.
- While Jones entered the race as the Donald Trump-backed favorite, a New York Post tally notes that such candidates have successfully won 118 Republican primaries through May; today's result will test that momentum in Georgia.
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Decision desk sums up the contests going on today: Republicans have competitive primary runoffs to decide U.S. Senate nominees in Georgia and Alabama. The Georgia winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the fall, while the Alabama victor will be a heavy favorite to be the solidly Republican state’s next senator. The GOP also has very close gubernatorial nomination contests in Georgia and Oklahoma. In Georgia, the primary runoff looks to b…
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Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees
Republicans are waging their latest fight over party identity in Georgia. Runoffs on Tuesday will decide who faces Democratic Sen.
By Eric Bradner, CNN Four years ago, Georgia's governor, Brian Kemp, survived President Donald Trump's attempt to overthrow him in the Republican primaries. However, the candidate personally elected by Kemp for Tuesday's Senate primaries might not have the same fate. Georgia's state voters will cast their votes on Tuesday in two key second laps of the Republican primaries: electing who will face Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in which he will be …
Several States and DC Hold Primaries and Runoffs: What to Watch
Today, voters in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C., will go to the polls—or in some cases, return to the polls—to make their pick for a series of local and federal offices. The top races of the night, as far as national observers are concerned, will be held in Georgia, where Republicans are competing for two key offices: the gubernatorial nomination and the Republican Senate nomination. In Alabama—whose electoral politics have rec…
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