Georgia’s candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, secretary of state are working to gin up support as their campaigns wind down with less than a week before a pivotal Election Day.
During early voting days leading up to the Nov. 8 midterm election, former President Barack Obama stopped by Georgia to stump for Democratic nominees for governor and U.S. Senate. Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned Tuesday north of metro Atlanta for Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
But over the course of campaigning, candidates like freshman Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock have kept their distance from President Joe Biden. And for Republicans Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, being on the receiving end of former President Donald Trump’s ire hasn’t hurt their bids for re-election. Even Trump-endorsed GOP candidates for U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor aren’t invoking the former president’s name much on the campaign trail.
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