Tuesday’s primary election in Georgia is about more than deciding party nominees for races up and down the ballot in November, as Georgia’s battleground status continues to play an outsized role in shaping the future of American politics.
Former President Donald Trump, seeking to oust incumbents who refused to overturn the election and fill open seats with loyalists who push the lie that 2020 was stolen, faces his biggest test yet as GOP kingmaker — and several potential defeats.
Trump recruited former Sen. David Perdue to challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in December, but Perdue’s campaign has failed to catch on in either fundraising or polling as Kemp flexed the power of his office to enact conservative social policies and highlight the state’s strong economy.
A marquee matchup for the U.S. Senate could decide control of the upper chamber again, as former football star Herschel Walker is poised to win a six-person primary to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock. And Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger faces election denier U.S. Rep. Jody Hice and others in a race to be the state’s chief election official in a time when some Republicans like Hice have indicated a willingness to possibly violate the law and overturn election results they do not like.
Meanwhile, Democrats, led by presumptive gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, are aiming to capitalize on Republican infighting and avoid the terrible national environment for their own party by focusing on issues such as...
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