One of the Republican primary challengers to incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp dropped out of the race Monday, saying he will support Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue.
Vernon Jones, a Democrat who switched parties as part of a full-throated backing of the former president, said Monday that he will run for Congress instead. However, Jones did not immediately say which of Georgia’s 14 congressional seats he will seek.
Speculation has focused on Jones running for the U.S. House in the 6th Congressional District in the northern Atlanta suburbs or the 10th Congressional District, which stretches east from the outskirts of Atlanta.
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