{"id":590797,"date":"2021-07-14T11:36:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590797"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T15:36:27","slug":"georgia-republicans-roar-back-dominate-special-election-for-state-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republicans-roar-back-dominate-special-election-for-state-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Republicans Roar Back: Dominate Special Election For State Seat"},"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%2Fgeorgia-republicans-roar-back-dominate-special-election-for-state-seat%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=590797&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1014454342.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Republican vote came roaring back Tuesday in a Georgia special election held for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives, as the GOP candidate won by 26 percentage points, 63% to 37%.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Devan Seabaugh crushed Democratic Priscilla Smith in the election; in 2020, the Republican candidate, Rep. Bert Reeves, won by only 12%. He left to take a job at Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile runoff elections historically have a lower turnout than the previous race, especially in a special election, both races had more voters turn out on Tuesday than they did four weeks ago. Nearly 2,000 more people voted in the Cobb-based House District 34 contest on Tuesday than last month. More than 1,000 additional voters cast ballots on Tuesday than last month in the House District 156 election in South Georgia,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/special-election-runoff-keeps-cobb-based-house-seat-in-republican-hands\/JVGNS5UZ65D7FBXA7EGTUMEOP4\/\">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a> reported, adding, \u201cSome political operatives at first thought the Cobb County state House district could be an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/a-cobb-legislative-race-is-an-early-skirmish-in-battleground-2022\/MTFRXOSYUVAAPK7EKV47GFBRG4\/\">early test<\/a>&nbsp;for suburban Atlanta Republicans after the state supported Joe Biden for president in November and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in January for the U.S. Senate, all Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seabaugh won his decisive victory despite the efforts of former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams\u2019 voting group Fair Fight. \u201cOn the day of the special election in June,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/a-cobb-legislative-race-is-an-early-skirmish-in-battleground-2022\/MTFRXOSYUVAAPK7EKV47GFBRG4\/\">Fair Fight posted observers<\/a>&nbsp;at several polling sites. Heading into the final days of the runoff, Fair Fight released a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fairfight.com\/seabaugh\/\">digital attack<\/a>&nbsp;on Seabaugh criticizing his support for Georgia\u2019s new restrictive voting measure, gun rights expansions and anti-abortion measures,\u201d the Journal-Constitution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/politics-blog\/the-jolt-the-little-election-with-big-names-behind-it\/VKU2F32ACNBULB7YOKI62KS3RY\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The digital attack ad claimed Seabaugh held \u201cextreme positions on voting rights, reproductive freedom, and common sense gun safety,\u201d adding, \u201cInstead of standing up for women\u2019s fundamental rights, Seabaugh has pledged to support all bills that would eliminate the right to choose \u2018without apology.&#8217;\u201d<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Abrams\u2019 group lauded Smith:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Fair Fight is proud to stand with Priscilla Smith in her race to represent House District 34 in the Georgia House of Representatives. Throughout her life, Priscilla has been a tireless advocate for underrepresented communities from the classroom to the nonprofit sector. In the Georgia House of Representatives, Priscilla will fight to protect our nation\u2019s democracy by working to end voter suppression for Georgians; making election day a national holiday; and expanding vote-by-mail. If elected, Priscilla would work tirelessly for fair districts and an end to gerrymandering. Priscilla\u2019s commitment to fair representation at the ballot box; her commitment to affordable healthcare and reproductive freedom; and her commitment to funding infrastructure and public education is why Fair Fight is proud to support her campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith \u201cprowled the halls of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantaga.gov\/government\/departments\/city-planning\/office-of-design\/urban-design-commission\/georgia-state-capitol\">Georgia State Capitol<\/a>&nbsp;dressed as President Donald Trump,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/politics\/donna-trump-candidacy\/85-681ce622-97af-4169-a63a-eb81a2d67c8a\">11 Alive<\/a> reported in September 2020. &nbsp;Dressed as Trump, Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=336501663645775\">told 11 Alive<\/a> in 2019, \u201cI\u2019m the real Donna J. Trump. I\u2019m not the president; I\u2019m the president\u2019s worst nightmare. \u2026 on the other hand, he wakes up in the morning he sees all this beautiful femininity across the room from him; it\u2019s his wildest dream. \u2026 I\u2019m a very stable genius. I get a lot of sun. I play a lot of golf. I use a lot of sunscreen but I just tan beautifully naturally. I\u2019ve always been like that. \u2026 With all of this, everybody wants a piece of this. So I have to ask you please, keep your hands to yourself. I understand; it\u2019s very tempting. But, you know, lay off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican vote came roaring back Tuesday in a Georgia special election held for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives, as the GOP candidate won by 26 percentage &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314658,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1014454342.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia Republicans Roar Back: Dominate Special Election For State Seat","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1014454342.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia Republicans Roar Back: Dominate Special Election For State Seat","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590797","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}