Crowded candidate fields for two U.S. Senate races on Georgia’s 2020 ballots took final shape Friday, the deadline for contenders to sign up. Meanwhile, a woman recently pardoned by President Donald Trump filed paperwork to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta.
A total of 21 candidates, including recently appointed Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, paid fees and filed paperwork to be on the Nov. 3 ballot for Georgia’s special election for Loeffler’s seat.
That race won’t be preceded by the normal party primaries to thin the pack before the fall. The crowded field only increases odds that the race will get pushed into overtime with a Jan. 5 runoff between the top two vote-getters in the race for retired Sen. Johnny Isakson’s old seat.
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