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December 2, 2021

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams to Run for Governor in Possible Rematch Against GOP's Brian Kemp
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In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams has announced she's running for
governor in 2022, in a possible rematch of the last election which
Abrams narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp. The 2018 race was marred
by widespread allegations of voter suppression carried out by Kemp, who
refused to step down as Georgia's secretary of state during the
campaign.

After her loss, Abrams founded the Fair Fight political action
committee, which promotes fair elections and battles Republican voter
suppression efforts. Abrams is widely credited with helping Joe Biden
win Georgia in the 2020 presidential race, while Democrats Jon Ossoff
and Raphael Warnock won U.S. Senate seats. If elected Abrams would
become the first Black woman governor elected in the 245-year history of
the United States.


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