Health care business owner Rick Jackson announced his Republican run for governor in Georgia on Tuesday, shaking up a field of candidates that had seemed settled for months.
Jackson, 71, is bidding to succeed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who can’t run again because he’s term-limited. He’s vying with Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who has already been endorsed by President Donald Trump, as well as with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Attorney General Chris Carr.
Jackson dismissed them as “career politicians” who “are going to do nothing, get rich and keep you in the dark.” By contrast, he called himself “a real-life conservative who knows how to fight the tough fights and win big for Georgia.”
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