CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — Being as well known as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger would be a dream for many ambitious politicians.
“I think most people by now know who I am,” the Republican candidate for governor joked Tuesday as someone put up signs with his name before a speech in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee.
But that fame may wound Raffensperger in next Tuesday’s primary because it stems from opposing Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory in 2020. He was one of a few Georgia leaders who earned Trump’s scorn by rejecting his falsehoods, and even though Raffesperger won reelection in 2022, many Republicans still view him as a traitor.
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