The upcoming race for governor won’t be the only wide-open constitutional office on the ballot next year.
In addition to choosing Georgia’s next chief executive, lieutenant governor (and possibly Secretary of State), voters will also be selecting the state’s next attorney general. It’s just the latest in a game of political musical chairs playing out at the state Capitol as Gov. Brian Kemp enters his final year in office.
Incumbent attorney general Chris Carr, a Republican, is one of many candidates hoping to take a seat in the governor’s chair as the sun sets on Kemp’s two-term tenure, leading to an open race to become Georgia’s chief litigator.
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