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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr launches Republican bid in 2026 governor's race
Fox5Atlanta ^ | 11/21/24 | AP/Jeff Amy

Posted on 11/21/2024 11:46:46 PM PST by CFW

Georgia's Republican attorney general, Chris Carr, said Thursday that he's running for governor in 2026, becoming the first major candidate from either party to announce a bid.

Prominent Republicans and Democrats are eyeing the seat, which will be open in two years after term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp leaves the office. Other potential Republican contenders include Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Carr is portraying himself as the best candidate to continue steady Republican leadership in the mold of the late U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, former Gov. Nathan Deal and Kemp.

"I've seen what it takes to be successful," Carr told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "And I want to run as the proven conservative who will create jobs for hardworking Georgians, keep our families and neighborhoods safe and vigorously defend our Constitution and freedoms."

(Excerpt) Read more at fox5atlanta.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: agcarr; chriscarr; georgia; governor; kemp
Well, Kemp and the GOPe have apparently picked their man to continue Kemp's administration. America First Patriots are going to have to find someone to run against him.

I was hoping for Doug Collins but he has taken the position of head of the VA in the Trump administration.

1 posted on 11/21/2024 11:46:46 PM PST by CFW
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I’m going to have to fully reinvestigate Carr’s role in all the prior 2020 election fallout and what he actually did in trying to make sure state statutes were/are enforced.

I’d also like to know just where he fell on the side of the consent decree SoS Raffensperger signed with Democrats here before that. I’m certainly not going to just sign up to vote for him because Kemp or any other Georgia public official endorses him/her.


2 posted on 11/21/2024 11:53:46 PM PST by Gaffer
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Is Burt Jones going to run? Seems like he supported Trump in person.

I'm not looking to Carr for my next governor. Need more options.

3 posted on 11/22/2024 12:06:09 AM PST by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024... did we get it??)
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it’s like elections never end :)


4 posted on 11/22/2024 12:29:04 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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it’s like elections never end :)


I know. They could have given us a few months (or even weeks) free from election campaigning. But no, they had to start immediately with “who is running in 2026”?

And ln other Georgia political news:

“State Republicans take first step toward banning transgender women from women’s sports”

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/state-republicans-take-first-step-toward-banning-transgender-women-womens-sports/JGSDAAF7CBAD5JAS2CXHRXTBQA/


5 posted on 11/22/2024 1:59:22 AM PST by CFW
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That is great news.

They’re saying “oh there’s barely any transgenders in sports in GA so it’s a non issue”/

WRONG.

One is too many. And “progressives” never stop at what they say they want...they want a whole lot more.

If it’s not a big deal, then what’s the big deal about passing the law? Why fight it?

But it needs to be at the federal level too.

And if left wing states want to fight Trump on everything...well that could cross the line into insurrection.

And that would need to be dealt with.


6 posted on 11/22/2024 2:41:03 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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Carr is an acolyte of the globalist Kemp and a stealth anti-Trumper! Enough said!


7 posted on 11/22/2024 5:11:32 AM PST by Bulldog67 (fight crime, protect your property and life, buy a gun!)
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What you said.

NO TO CARR


8 posted on 11/22/2024 5:17:26 AM PST by LilFarmer (Isaiah 54:17)
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That brings to mind poor old Black Alvin Bragg. By reaching too far for the Brass Ring, he fell off the candidate for governor horse.


9 posted on 11/22/2024 5:24:43 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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I wouldn’t vote for any of them. Raffensperger needs to be put in prison.


10 posted on 11/22/2024 7:12:15 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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“Carr is an acolyte of the globalist Kemp and a stealth anti-Trumper! Enough said!”


Yep. Carr turned a blind eye to the obvious fraud in the 2020 election. Kemp told him to ignore it and so he did. Carr would be a continuation of Kemp’s administration. I assume Kemp is going to next run for one of the GA Senate seats. Or, he may have a place reserved for him on some Chinese business corporate board.


11 posted on 11/22/2024 7:27:27 AM PST by CFW
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“I wouldn’t vote for any of them. Raffensperger needs to be put in prison.”


I wouldn’t vote for any of them. Raffensperger needs to be put in prison.
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(Worth repeating)


12 posted on 11/22/2024 9:03:54 AM PST by CFW
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