Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat, former state House Minority Leader and voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman governor.
“Opportunity and success in Georgia shouldn’t be determined by your zip code, background or access to power,” Abrams said in a press release. “For the past four years, when the hardest times hit us all, I’ve worked to do my part to help families make it through. My job has been to just put my head down and keep working — toward One Georgia.”
Without serious competition in a Democratic primary, the announcement sets up a potential rematch between Abrams and incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Their 2018 contest was one of the most narrowly decided races for governor that year and was dominated by allegations of voter suppression, which Kemp denied.
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