The fate of Patty Durand’s campaign to serve on a state board that regulates Georgia’s utilities rests in the hands of a judge, but that uncertainty isn’t slowing down the first-time candidate who was drawn out of a district she hopes to represent.
On a recent afternoon, Durand sat in front of a computer inside the Conyers home she moved into a few months ago and called on donors who have given to her campaign in the past, just as she does every afternoon.
“Did you see the good news that I won the primary?” she said cheerfully to one donor before adding that she had to “dodge a bunch of ninja stars” to stay in the race. “Hang in there,” the donor says in response.
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