{"id":2249227,"date":"2024-05-21T05:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-race-pits-trump-endorsed-unknown-against-state-level-gopers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T05:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:23:50","slug":"georgia-house-race-pits-trump-endorsed-unknown-against-state-level-gopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-race-pits-trump-endorsed-unknown-against-state-level-gopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia House race features a Trump-endorsed newcomer against state-level GOP candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-house-race-pits-trump-endorsed-unknown-against-state-level-gopers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Douglasville, Georgia, Mike Dugan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-candidate-holds-lead-in-traditionally-blue-oregon-governors-race-poll\/\" title=\"Republican Candidate Holds Lead In Traditionally Blue Oregon Governor\u2019s Race: Poll\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">state senator<\/a> running<\/a> for Congress, highlights his experience as a \u200ckey factor for voters. The race includes several candidates with ties \u2064to Georgia politics, vying for the Republican \u200bnomination. The competition intensifies with the involvement of former President Donald Trump endorsing a contender, Brian Jack, adding intrigue to \u2063the electoral dynamics in\u200d the district.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia \u2014<\/strong> Mike Dugan wants to talk about his background and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"plans\">plans<\/a> for a term in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"plans\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like to know that whoever they\u2019re going to hire has some experience,\u201d the longtime state senator said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-double-standard-on-greenes-committee-removals-point-to-omar-remarks\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene\u2019s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks\">campaign stop<\/a> at American Legion Post 145. \u201cYour message, and your experience, is what attracts people to your campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dugan, who is vying to be the Republican need nominee for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, isn\u2019t the only candidate with a background in Georgia politics. Mike Crane was also a state senator, serving alongside Dugan for a few years. Philip Singleton served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">state representative<\/a> until 2023, and Jim Bennett is a Republican activist who entered the race even before incumbent Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2623891\/calling-it-quits-two-more-house-members-head-for-the-exits-in-latest-departure-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decided to retire\">decided to retire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Mike Dugan, center, speaks to (from left to right) Herman Willoughby, Bill Aiken, and Bob Proctor at American Legion Post 145. (Haisten Willis\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All of them hope their backgrounds and ties to the district will hold more weight with voters than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s endorsement of the fifth competitor, Brian Jack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jack] represents a New Generation of Leadership, and he will be a GREAT Congressman, working closely with me and other Republicans to fix the damage Joe Biden has done to our Country,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112055761442866150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on Truth Social on March 7. \u201cBrian is a man of Loyalty, Honesty, and Integrity, and will never let the fabulous people of Georgia\u2019s 3rd Congressional District down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack was an adviser to Trump\u2019s 2016 and political director in the Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a>. He has raised the most money, much of it from sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/donations-signal-out-of-state-local-ties-in-3rd-district-us-house-race\/LJEGLKWCAVE65H7ZTSS2RWIDU4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"outside\">outside<\/a> of the Peach State, and planted campaign signs reading \u201cTrump endorsed\u201d above his name. But Jack also got into the race late and has little experience in the west-central Georgia district, leaving opponents thinking they have a shot to win or advance to a June 18 runoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the folks in the third district, myself included, are really tired of the D.C. elites picking who our Congressperson is,\u201d Crane, who narrowly lost a race to Ferguson in 2016, said. \u201cSo when this opportunity came up, we knew it was something worth venturing, giving people a chance to have their voice heard in D.C. instead of the other way around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson announced his retirement in December. The district is heavily Republican, representing Atlanta\u2019s far southern suburbs and a long strip of the Alabama-Georgia border, meaning the GOP primary winner is likely to win the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Dugan, trailing Jack and Crane in the money race, has focused on retail politicking via a \u201ctruck tour\u201d of the district. He says voters he speaks with tend to fall into three categories: diehard Trump fans, Trump supporters who are open to backing a non-Trump candidate down ballot, and voters who don\u2019t like Trump. <\/p>\n<p>All of the candidates are supporting Trump against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> and are mostly aligned on issues such as the economy and immigration. But each has a few wrinkles that set them apart. Dugan says the bills he helped pass as Senate majority leader, including an income tax cut and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-josh-hawley-announces-he-will-object-during-electoral-college-certification-process\/\" title=\"Sen. Josh Hawley announces he will object during Electoral College certification process\">election integrity measures<\/a>, speak to his ability to get things done.<\/p>\n<p>Crane says Congress must write bills so tightly that they can\u2019t be twisted later on by the executive branch, something his attention to detail and language would help implement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get specific because we see what happens when we\u2019re not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Jack, Singleton, and Bennett were not immediately successful. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Brian Jack is making sure voters know he has Donald Trump\u2019s support. (Haisten Willis\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump\u2019s endorsement has been coveted and feared since he came on the political scene nearly 10 years ago. But it hasn\u2019t been a surefire shot in Georgia. Two years ago, Trump-backed challengers to Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Brian Kemp\">Brian Kemp<\/a> (R-GA) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger failed, as did Trump\u2019s hand-picked Senate candidate Herschel Walker.<\/p>\n<p>While Jack mentions Trump often while campaigning, the other candidates say they are not afraid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to convince people to not vote for Brian Jack,\u201d Singleton <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-brian-jack-republican-congress-primary-dugan-5f61fc773d1af583fa7f4b12c109b407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. \u201cNobody knows who Brian Jack is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crane says it\u2019s about telling voters what you\u2019ll do rather than who backs you. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m there to get the job done and make sure we get our country on track,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Douglasville, Georgia, Mike Dugan discusses his background and Congress plans, emphasizing the importance of experience to voters. &#8220;Your message and experience are key in attracting support,&#8221; the state senator shared during a campaign visit at American Legion Post 145<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2249228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24119657180499.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24119657180499.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}