re: Rick Jackson defeats Burt Jones to win Georgia GOP gubernatorial runoff

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And it's gonna come down to money and Jones doesn't have the war chest to go against Keisha and all the outside cash that's gonna flood her campaign.

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A lot of leftist Dems are despondent that KLB is the nominee.

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Our state houses are solidly red and could minimize the damage - by my way of thinking.

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The problem is that if KLB wins she probably carries a good chunk of the undercard in with her. A Democrat as governor, lt governor, attorney general and sos.

That's got the possibility of screwing up a lot of things. For example a Democrat AG could refuse (or put in a half assed effort) to defend the state's abortion law or any redistricting.

Greg Bluestein of the AJC said yesterday that the redistricting may not come up in the special session because Republicans are nervous about November.

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Let me guess, comments included snobby private school rich boy?

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I didn't ask for details.

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She is an idiot…. I am a black male Atlantan. The majority of the City Council thought she was incompetent and way above her head as Mayor. Councilman Dustin Hillis would roll his eyes and simply stay silent whenever her name was brought up.

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I met her once and it’s pretty much the vibe I got from her.

Georgia voter here. Jones ran an awful campaign, and while TV ads are more likely to make me vote against the sponsor, Jackson is the exception. Less than a year ago, Jones lauded Jackson; when Jackson entered the governor's race he immediately switched to how awful Jackson was. It was a poor look and the soundbyte of Jones supporting Jackson last year was one long single take. It resonated.

I don't get the Kemp hate. He was an excellent governor that did what he thought was best for all Georgia residents. Even better, he never tweeted or focused on being in the spotlight. If you saw him or heard from him, it was for a very good reason. He will be missed and I'm very disappointed he did not run for Senator but I get it as he likely wants nothing to do with the circus that politics has become on a national level.

Jones, to me, always came across as a douche and I was surprised Kemp endorsed him over Jackson, but it was likely agreed on long ago. And while most on this board will blindly vote for an R over a D no matter what, that is not the case for many voters. I know quite a few that would have sat out the election for governor if Jones was the candidate but will gladly vote for Jackson...not sure that would have been a similar case for Jones. His supporters seem to be more the blind loyalists version that have no idea who they are voting for other than Trump-backed Republican.

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To win the primary by 6 point and lose the runoff by 5 points four weeks later is pretty incredible

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I saw on Twitter this morning that Jackson won early voting by 18 points. Jones won election day voting by 5 points. That's a massive swing, both in Jackson's favor from the primary, as well as from last week to yesterday.

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More surprised that Jackson wasn’t the one that Trump backed.

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Do what?!?!?

Jones was one of the very first public Trump supporters in 2016 and is original MAGA.

Jackson is a rino fraud who donated to Biden and spent millions astroturfing himself as a MAGA candidate.

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Greg Bluestein of the AJC said yesterday that the redistricting may not come up in the special session because Republicans are nervous about November.

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I just read where state lawmakers are dropping redistricting