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17. Just gobsmacked we're not going to field a strong candidate vs Rump thug Doug Collins (who'll crush
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 12:53 AM
Apr 2020

the criminal slag Loeffler in the Rethug primary) in the special election for Senate.

ffs


https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/20200403_GA.pdf







Declined

Stacey Abrams, nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2018 and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives
Sherry Boston, DeKalb County District Attorney
Jason Carter, nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2014, former state senator, and grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Stacey Evans, candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2018 and former state representative (running for state house)
Jen Jordan, state senator
Lucy McBath, incumbent U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district (running for re-election)
Michelle Nunn, CEO of CARE USA and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014
Mike Thurmond, DeKalb County chief executive, former Labor Commissioner of Georgia, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010[59]
Nikema Williams, state senator and Chair of the Georgia Democratic Party
Sally Yates, former United States Deputy Attorney General


And we have 3 candidates (below) who are stronger than any of the others running in the special election all competing for the other seat, so they cannibalise each other. And multiple turndowns from that list above are stronger than these three below as well. I so hope we do not get swept in both and lose a chance to flip TWO red seats.So disappointed Abrams did not run (unless she is Bidens VP which is what I have said should happen for a year plus now, regardless of who are nominee was going to be.) Same goes for Sally Yates. If they both had run, Yates versus Collins, Abrams versus Perdue (or vice versa), I think we would have had a GREAT chance to flip BOTH seats.

Sarah Riggs Amico, nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 2018
Jon Ossoff, documentary filmmaker and nominee for Georgia's 6th congressional district in 2017
Teresa Tomlinson, former mayor of Columbus


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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