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Georgia Sec of State Brad Raffensperger Barely Survives Election After Backlash From Trump

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Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has been declared the winner in the GOP primary.

Raffensperger defeated Rep. Jody Hice in the GOP primary, the Associated Press reported early Wednesday morning.

“My thinking was the vast majority of Georgians are looking for honest people for elected office. Someone who would do their job, follow the law, look out for them—regardless of the personal cost to do so,” Raffensperger said.

“Standing for you, standing for the rule of law and election integrity, and standing for the truth — and not buckling under the pressure is what people want. I was elected to serve the people and so I shall. And so I have,” he added.

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In another closely watched Georgia race, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene easily won her Republican primary.

Greene defeated several Republicans vying to unseat her, particularly Jennifer Strahan, the founder of a suburban Atlanta health care advisory firm who pitched herself to voters as a “no-nonsense conservative.”

Greene in her victory speech said the primary win was a “message to the bloodsucking establishment.”

“Sending me back to Washington will send a message to the bloodsucking establishment: It is we who will set the policy agenda for the next decade and not them,” Greene said. “We’re going to start speaking the truth more forcefully and more loudly than ever before.”

Stacey Abrams was declared the winner of Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Abrams, who ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for governor of the Peach State, lost a close race to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018.

Kemp also won the Georgia GOP primary over former Republican Sen. David Perdue, setting up a rematch with Abrams in November’s general election.

“I want to be crystal clear with all of you here tonight: Our battle is far from over tonight,” Kemp said to supporters at his Atlanta-area victory party late Tuesday evening. “Tonight, the fight for the soul of our state begins to make sure that Stacey Abrams is not going to be our governor or the next president.”

“Even in the middle of a tough primary, conservatives in our state didn’t listen to the noise. They didn’t get distracted. They knew our record of fighting and winning for hardworking Georgians,” Kemp said. “And tonight because of your support, Georgia Republicans went to the ballot box and overwhelmingly endorsed four more years of our vision for this great state.”

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Soon after he lost the race to Kemp, Perdue told supporters that Kemp is a better choice than Abrams.

“I want you to know tonight that I’m fully supporting Brian in his run to beat Stacey Abrams,” Perdue said. “Everything that I said about Brian is true, but here’s what else I said. He is a much better choice than Ms. Stacey Abrams.”

Abrams said she is ready for whomever she would face.

“I’ve listed to Republicans for the last six months attack me but they’ve done nothing to attack the challenges facing Georgia. They’ve done nothing to articulate their plans for the future of Georgia,” Abrams said.

“I’m running because I believe in one Georgia. Whether it is bringing together neighborhoods, bringing together counties, or bringing together an entire state. Our responsibility is to see the needs of every Georgian,” she added.

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Abrams came under fire earlier this week after she called Georgia the “worst state in the country to live in,” which did not sit well with voters.

In Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was been declared the winner of the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary.

Sanders, who served as the press secretary under President Donald Trump, secured the Republican nomination on Tuesday night.

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