Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

[GeorgiaModerate]

Jones OUT of Governor’s race, will instead run for Congress:

https://twitter.com/repvernonjones/status/1490769361203871748?s=21

No doubt Trump twisted his arm on this.

IDK why this matters?  GA has a runoff!

Well, it probably spares the Republican Party a great deal of embarrassment in the governor's race due to Jones.

What's really funny -- read the bottom of the press release!  It still says he's running for governor.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Abrams is gonna win the RUNOFF

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

https://twitter.com/DavidPerdueGA/status/1490661354319093769

[Inmate Trump]

She clearly made a huge error with that photo op.

Who on her team suggested that'd be a good idea?

[GeorgiaModerate]

The effort to have Buckhead secede from Atlanta and become its own city, which was already losing steam, is dead for this legislative session.

[Suburbia]

Not a good idea, because it probably drops suburban turnout in the fall, harming Perdue/Kemp/Walker....GAGOP needs to get massive turnout in Cobb, parts of Fulton and other places to win, not only rural turnout...

A lot of people want Buckhead to separate from Atlanta....a LOT.

[Lief 🗽]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

[lfromnj]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

Tossup Gwinett County.(/s)

[MRS DONNA SHALALA]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

This isn't affiliated in any way with the Abrams campaign, it's some random non-profit that's supporting her.

[Oakvale]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

This isn't affiliated in any way with the Abrams campaign, it's some random non-profit that's supporting her.

Presumably this is some shadowy Republican operation? Even Democrats can't be this stupid.

[MT Treasurer]

Obligatory reminder that Stacey Abrams was basically the only Democrat in a competitive high-profile race in 2018 who couldn’t even outperform Hillary Clinton in the rural/small-town areas of her state and in fact did worse than Biden in most of those counties. The takes that she is a particularly "strong candidate" remind of me the hype around "female swing state veteran" Joni Ernst after 2014. Both of these candidates would likely be absolute nobodies today if it weren’t for the extremely favorable trends for their party in their respective states. Coasting on your state's partisanship and running for elected office until your state is finally blue enough to elect any Democrat doesn’t make you a "strong candidate."

Besides, her "machine" was greatly aided by Republican/Kemp-backed AVR legislation (and other provisions backed by Democrats and Abrams herself), without which Perdue would still be in the Senate today (and McConnell Majority Leader) and Trump would have held the state in 2020.

[Frodo]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

LOL

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

This isn't affiliated in any way with the Abrams campaign, it's some random non-profit that's supporting her.

Presumably this is some shadowy Republican operation? Even Democrats can't be this stupid.

Haha, GOP should do it to each Dem. Will they denounce it?   

[Arizona Iced Tea]

I wonder what happens to her legacy if she loses. I mean you can't take credit for making a state blue while losing two governor races back to back right?

[Shaula🏳️‍⚧️]

I wonder what happens to her legacy if she loses. I mean you can't take credit for making a state blue while losing two governor races back to back right?

She didn't flip the state blue. Trump's rhetoric and demographics did. Abrams is a failed gubernatorial candidate who just wants attention.

[Unelectable Bystander]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

Amazing!

[Adam Griffin]

Mijente is a legitimate Latino group (one of the largest Latino organizing causes in the country) - so unless it's a fake website, that is legitimate.

[Continential]

I wonder what happens to her legacy if she loses. I mean you can't take credit for making a state blue while losing two governor races back to back right?

She didn't flip the state blue. Trump's rhetoric and demographics did. Abrams is a failed gubernatorial candidate who just wants attention.

Branding means everything and even if she loses, she can blame it on the r lean of the year and still be considered the person who flipped Georgia.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1494319726268280835

[skbl17]

(snip)

Both pieces of legislation are on track to become law; HB 873 (Gwinnett County Commission) was signed by Gov. Kemp, and SB 369 (county board of education) has passed the General Assembly largely on party lines.

[One Term Floridian]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1494319726268280835

Kandiss Who?

[indietraveler]

If Stacy somehow pulls this out in a republican midterm (not likely, but also wouldn't be completely shocked), does this make GA lean D heading into 2024?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

For the last time GA and LA are Runoffs Kemp, Walker and Pp ercue are polling below 50 we are gonna win those states in Round 2 not Round 1 and it's not an R midterm until the votes are casted not based on Biden Approvals state by state polls D's are hitting 50 and Biden suppose to be at 39 no

[Real Texan Politics]

If Stacy somehow pulls this out in a republican midterm (not likely, but also wouldn't be completely shocked), does this make GA lean D heading into 2024?

I could see it, she'll do anything within her power to turn Georgia into a solid dem state.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Yup, this is over. Moving it to Safe R.

Y’all will post anything…… this has nothing to do with Abrams and the people who run it are Brown organizers. Take up their use of “Latinx” with them.