{"id":2268802,"date":"2024-06-16T05:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-watch-for-in-georgias-primary-runoff-elections-on-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T05:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:15:46","slug":"what-to-watch-for-in-georgias-primary-runoff-elections-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-watch-for-in-georgias-primary-runoff-elections-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Key points to watch in Georgia&#8217;s primary runoffs on Tuesday"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhat-to-watch-for-in-georgias-primary-runoff-elections-on-tuesday%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=2268802&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 the upcoming Georgia elections, \u2062voters will decide key runoff races that will affect\u2062 the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-76-of-141-republican-representatives-in-pa-send-letter-to-congress-asking-them-to-reject-states-20-electors\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 76 of 141 Republican Representatives in PA Send Letter to Congress Asking Them to Reject State's 20 Electors\">congressional delegation<\/a>, although there are no U.S. Senate or governor contests this year.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200bthe 3rd Congressional District, former state Senate Majority Leader Mike\u2062 Dugan is trailing behind Brian Jack, a Trump-endorsed former White House political \u200bdirector. Despite Dugan&#8217;s\u200d local support, Jack&#8217;s extensive campaigning \u2062and endorsements from other candidates \u2062have made him the favorite \u200cin this solidly Republican area. \u200bThe winner will \u200cface Democrat Maura Keller in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impossible-gop-picked-up-seats-in-house-picked-up-state-legislatures-picked-up-governorship-held-the-senate-but-sniffy-joe-won-not-a-chance\/\" title=\"IMPOSSIBLE: GOP Picked Up Seats in House, Picked Up State Legislatures, Picked Up Governorship, Held the Senate -- But Sniffy Joe Won?... NOT A CHANCE\">general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th \u2062Congressional District&#8217;s Democratic runoff\u200b features \u2064Clarence Blalock and Shawn &#8220;General&#8221; Harris, who are competing to challenge incumbent Republican\u200c Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene is popular in her district, making \u200bit a challenging seat for Democrats to win. Blalock \u200cis actively campaigning against Greene, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-is-a-big-part-of-why-democrats-are-winning-across-u-s\/\" title=\"Newsom credits Trump for Democratic victories nationwide\">democratic mobilization<\/a>,\u2063 while Harris \u200bemphasizes bipartisan cooperation and local \u200dissues.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd Congressional District, Republicans Chuck Hand and A. Wayne Johnson are vying\u200c to challenge incumbent Democrat Rep. Sanford\u200d Bishop, who has held\u200b the seat since 1992. \u200cThis district is unique for being both rural and \u200bthe least Democratic majority-black district in the nation. The close partisan index\u200d and Bishop&#8217;s age make this race particularly\u2064 noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>These elections are significant as they determine the final candidates for November&#8217;s \u2063general election and \u2063potentially influence \u200dthe balance of Georgia&#8217;s congressional representation.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Georgia\">Georgia<\/a> voters will head back to the polls on Tuesday, and while most of the Peach State\u2019s primary action was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3011365\/georgia-election-fani-willis-trump-judge-mcafee-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decided\">decided<\/a> back in May, a trio of results will help shape the future makeup of the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"decided\">congressional delegation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no U.S. Senate or governor\u2019s race in Georgia this year, but there is still plenty of action in battles for the state\u2019s 14 House districts. Here are three primary elections that will be decided on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Georgia\u2019s 3rd Congressional District (Republican)<\/h2>\n<p>Former Georgia state Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan likely faces long odds against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Trump<\/a>-endorsed candidate Brian Jack in this solidly Republican area.<\/p>\n<p>Dugan spent a decade in the Georgia General Assembly and won his home of Carroll County on primary day. But Jack, a former Trump White House political director, won every other county in the west-central Georgia district. <\/p>\n<p>Not only that, Jack has since picked up endorsements from the third- and fourth-place finishers, Mike Crane and Philip Singleton, respectively, and has raised more money than Dugan, putting him in the driver\u2019s seat to win the runoff.<\/p>\n<p>Jack hasn\u2019t spent much of his adult life in the 3rd District and got into the race late. He has instead plastered the area with ads and yard signs reading \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3010549\/georgia-house-race-trump-unknown-state-level-gopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump Endorsed\">Trump Endorsed<\/a>\u201d above his name. It may be enough to get him the party\u2019s nomination to replace retiring Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA). <\/p>\n<p>The winner will face Democrat Maura Keller in the general election.<\/p>\n<h2>Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District (Democratic)<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is a controversial figure in Washington but is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3008968\/in-georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-receives-warm-welcome-after-chaotic-week-in-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"so popular\">so popular<\/a> in her home district that she did not face a Republican primary challenger. <\/p>\n<p>She will face token opposition in November, however, as four Democrats lined up to challenge her for the northwest Georgia seat. The top two, Clarence Blalock and Shawn \u201cGeneral\u201d Harris, were <a href=\"https:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/GA\/121186\/web.317647\/#\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"separated\">separated<\/a> by just 124 votes on election night and will face off in the Tuesday runoff.<\/p>\n<p>Blalock is making Greene a central figure in his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a solid plan to turn out enough voters to beat Marjorie Taylor Greene in November, and keep President Biden in the White House,\u201d reads Blalock\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/clarenceforga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"website\">website<\/a>, which is also heavy on Jan. 6-related imagery. \u201cI\u2019ve proved that my plan works, and if you stick with me, we\u2019ll finally get rid of MTG and have REAL representation in our district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris, by contrast, attempts to strike a more bipartisan tone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShawn believes that more important than being on Team Red or Team Blue is being on Team Georgia \u2014 squarely on the side of hard-working Georgians trying to build a good life,\u201d his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">campaign website<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnforgeorgia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reads\">reads<\/a>. \u201cThat means listening to our neighbors, standing with our fellow Georgians, tackling the practical problems facing our communities, and making sure we are getting value back from the tax money we send to Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins the Democratic primary is very unlikely to enter Congress, however, as Georgia\u2019s 14th District is rated R+22 in the <em>Cook Political Report\u2019s<\/em> Partisan Voter Index.<\/p>\n<h2>Georgia\u2019s 2nd Congressional District (Republican)<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the most interesting Peach State runoff comes on the GOP side of the 2nd District, where Chuck Hand faces off against A. Wayne Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s 2nd District is unusual in a number of ways. It is the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-justices-roberts-and-kavanaugh-did-not-have-a-backbone\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis: Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh 'Did Not Have a Backbone'\">poorest district<\/a> and its largest by geography, yet despite being rural, it has been represented by a Democrat, Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), since 1992. It is also the least Democratic majority-black district in the nation, rated D+3 by <em>Cook<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That close rating and the fact that Bishop is 77 has Republicans thinking they can take back the district, which has been in Democratic hands continuously since 1875.<\/p>\n<p>But the Republican primary has been hard-fought and, at times, bitter. Hand made national headlines by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3034260\/georgia-republican-storms-off-debate-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"storming off the debate stage\">storming off a debate stage<\/a> on Sunday after answering a single question.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A debate between Republican candidates hoping to represent Southwest Georgia\u2019s 2nd Congressional District was cut short yesterday when one candidate, convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, abruptly left the stage.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kU5X6MFRae\">https:\/\/t.co\/kU5X6MFRae<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7OgYFtvsO\">pic.twitter.com\/y7OgYFtvsO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GPB News (@gpbnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gpbnews\/status\/1800176537557156099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve only seen this man next to me come around when it\u2019s election time, wanting to run for office,\u201d Hand said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not interested in debating the issues of the 2nd District with a man who doesn\u2019t even reside in it, especially one who orchestrates attacks on my wife,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m more concerned about beating Sanford Bishop, representing you, and passing the America First agenda, and putting Donald Trump back in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Georgia voters will decide if they like Hand\u2019s firebrand style or prefer Johnson, who stayed for the duration of the debate and told reporters afterward that Hand\u2019s abrupt exit \u201cshould cause people to pause and think about why he did it and what he was trying to get by doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia voters will return to the polls on Tuesday. Although most primary decisions were made in May, three key outcomes will influence the future composition of the state&#8217;s congressional delegation. There are no U.S. Senate or gubernatorial races in Georgia this year, yet significant decisions remain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2268803,"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\/06\/AP24162031947510-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24162031947510-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268802","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=2268802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}