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Republican billionaire Rick Jackson is walking a Trump tightrope in his quest to lead Georgia
The healthcare magnate says he can cut taxes, expand coverage through private insurers and help 11 million Georgians without seeking a second term.
- Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson is leveraging nearly $200 million in personal funds to anchor his Georgia campaign while navigating a careful political balance between his own brand and President Donald Trump's influence.
- Unlike Trump, the 72-year-old healthcare magnate spent his early years in foster homes and started his first company at 21, seeking to leverage these contrasts with the president while anchoring his appeal to voters.
- Jackson maintains traditional Republican positions, pledging to halve state income taxes in four years and expand healthcare through private insurers rather than Medicaid. During a debate, he faced scrutiny for comments regarding the $7.50 hourly minimum wage.
- Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, disputes Jackson's altruistic pitch, accusing him of "trying to buy this election" and framing the Nov. 3 race as a test of billionaire-funded politics.
- Jackson notably omitted the president from his speech at a Dalton rally on October 16, though he planned to join Trump at a Perry rally Saturday in the campaign's closing stretch, illustrating his fluctuating Trump adulation.
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Georgia's 'foster care to billionaire' GOP gubernatorial candidate calls his fortune 'God's money' while spending $200 million on his campaign
“I have lived in poverty,” Jackson says. “When you have not eaten, you never forget that, and you don’t forget the people that are struggling.”
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Republican billionaire Rick Jackson is walking a Trump tightrope in his quest to lead Georgia
Rick Jackson wants to be Georgia's governor and the Republican billionaire is promising to fight for working-class voters.
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Republican Billionaire Rick Jackson Walks a Trump Tightrope in Georgia
NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal ATLANTA – Rick Jackson is hardly the first billionaire to tell working-class voters that he will stand up for them in public office. The Republican candidate for Georgia governor has even drawn comparisons between himself and the real estate tycoon who made it to the White House. Yet Jackson’s route to politics is markedly different […]
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