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Brad Raffensperger runs for Georgia governor and tries to defy Republicans who called him ‘repugnant’
- Brad Raffensperger, a businessman-turned-politician, is running for Georgia governor despite intense opposition from the Republican Party, which delegates labeled 'repugnant' to the party brand last year.
- Tensions stem from 2020 when Raffensperger refused President Donald Trump's demand to 'find 11,780' votes, later chronicling the resulting threats to his family in his 2021 book, 'Integrity Counts.'
- Rick Jackson and Burt Jones have spent more than $39 million and $13 million respectively, creating a high-spending competition that Raffensperger's team believes will split the MAGA-aligned vote.
- To remain competitive, Raffensperger has invested $5 million of his own money and reserved more than $3 million in advertising that will begin airing in April.
- Georgia law requires more than 50% of the vote to win the primary outright; without a majority, the top two vote-getters will compete in a June 16 runoff.
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Brad Raffensperger runs for Georgia governor and tries to defy Republicans who called him ‘repugnant’
Brad Raffensperger, who resisted President Donald Trump’s 2020 push to “find” votes in Georgia, is running for the Republican nomination for governor. How he does will measure not just the mood of the GOP in a critical swing state but whether candidates who defy the president have a place in Trump’s GOP.
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