Georgia’s Democratic hopefuls for governor sparred Monday over who is the better advocate for public education, while rehashing the details of a national liberal conference this summer where activists booed one of the candidates off the stage.
But Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans, a pair of former state lawmakers meeting for the first time on the same stage as gubernatorial candidates, largely agreed on their priorities for a state now dominated by Republicans, and both touted bootstrap autobiographies tracing their roots to childhood struggles. The pair met at an event sponsored by WIN List, a political action committee that backs Democratic women running for office.
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