Posted on 11/08/2022 8:56:20 PM PST by Zhang Fei
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's incumbent secretary of state, held off a challenge from Democratic state Rep. Bee Nguyen on Tuesday night, marking a major rebuke of former President Donald Trump's influence in the state.
Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp, who also won reelection Tuesday night, became the face of Republican opposition to Trump's election fraud claims in 2020. Both officials publicly rebuked Trump's allegations, and Raffensperger gained even more "resistance" notoriety after a recorded Jan. 2, 2021, call with Trump was made public.
Raffensperger could be heard on the call vocally defending Georgia's election integrity and refusing to influence the state results as requested by Trump.
Georgia state results showed Raffensperger winning. Nguyen reportedly called Raffensperger's campaign to concede shortly before midnight.
Raffensperger ran heavily on his willingness to "buck" Trump and the party if necessary.
"I’m going to stand for the rule of law, and I’m going to buck my own party if I have to," he told Meet the Press in October. "This should not be a partisan job. This is an impartial job. I am making sure that we have honest and fair elections for everyone. And that’s so important to me, and it should be so important to every American."
He and Kemp did draw fire from Democrats in early 2021 after passing a new voting law that critics claimed at the time would make it harder for Georgians, especially black Georgians, to vote.
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I did not want democrat to win. And yet these shady characters are no real win either.
At least Stacy the Hutt lost.
I'd rather lose than see the Republican party controlled by Mitch McConnell and his ilk.
Wasn’t Rafsenburger found to be wrong in a number of places in Georgia?
There were problems down there as I understand it.
Do others see it that way?
Why are we rooting for total crap vs. half crap?
Vote fraudster scum.
Deep state holds Georgia.
Kemp and Raffenburger are keeping Walker out.
But either way, Stacy the Hutt can waddle back to the buffet and drown her sorrows.
This conservative left that ballot blank.
Kemp will do more damage than blob ever could.
Kemp needs to be impeached.
Are you kidding? They may be the only thing hauling Walker over the line.
“A re you kidding? They may be the only thing hauling Walker over the line.”
Explain how Walker does not have the same percentages as Kemp or Raffensperger in a statewide election.
What Kemp voters are voting for Warnick over Walker?
Explain.
So these liberal idiots would have called a DEMOCRAT win here a “major victory” for Trump? I think not.
Walker is a flawed candidate. Baby mamas all over the place. Dumb as a bag of hammers.
Did she concede this time?
yeah, stupid - the rebuke was when the Rat Raff won his primary.
I think so.
As a conservative, I would have NEVER voted for Kemp or Rattenspewer - yet I would have voted for Walker without a second thought.
Losers in elections have ZERO power to change anything.
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