Posted on 05/11/2026 2:54:08 AM PDT by RandFan
VININGS, Ga. — Brad Raffensperger is fighting to save his political future as MAGA takes hold of the Georgia GOP.
The secretary of state rose to national prominence by defying President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but he is carefully trying to avoid the anti-Trump lane while he runs for governor.
Instead, he’s running an old-school campaign aimed at an old-school Republican Party: He’s holding low-key events compared with his GOP opponents’ flashier rallies, and he’s focusing on bread-and-butter issues, rather than harping on election security. At one Atlanta-area rotary club gathering in April, Raffensperger was all too happy to tout his business background and his pledge to cap property taxes. Everywhere he goes, he drops the word conservative.
“I have my own lane, and I feel good where we are,” Raffensperger told POLITICO after the event. “It’s the lane about being a Christian conservative businessman who’s built a business from scratch.”
At its core, Raffensperger’s candidacy is a test of whether the party’s non-MAGA guard can hold on in one of the nation’s premiere battleground states. He’s defied expectations before, fending off a Trump-backed candidate in 2022 to keep his current position. But 2026 poses a new challenge, as Georgia’s GOP has increasingly shunned its small government roots in favor of aligning with the populist right.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
“Raffensperger ... ’s holding low-key events compared with his GOP opponents’ flashier rallies, and he’s focusing on bread-and-butter issues, rather than harping on election security.”
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will he be polishing up on his mandarin again for another “low key event” with the chinese in savannah?
He’s a deep state rat piece of filth. I will early vote tomorrow and I promise you that he will NOT receive my vote. Trump endorsed Burt Jones. That’s good enough for me.
He’s a deep state rat piece of filth. I will early vote tomorrow and I promise you that he will NOT receive my vote. Trump endorsed Burt Jones. That’s good enough for me.
He has zero chance to win.everyone Bates his guts. He’s just trying to avoid the reckoning.
Politico writing a fawning article about Raffensperger tells you all you need to know about him.
You need to do some home work.
Yes. Good on you
Vote hard against him!
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