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Raffensperger won Republican primary against Trump-backed rival From the moment Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defied Donald Trump, his chances of reelection were in serious doubt. How could the man who famously refused the president’s demands to “find” more votes and overturn the 2020 election results win a Republican primary against a Trump-endorsed challenger? Not only did Raffensperger survive, he won the primary outright without a runoff by earning a majority of the vote against four candidates, including Trump’s choice, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice. Instead of bending to Trump, Raffensperger campaigned as a principled conservative, an engineer and...

A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by election skeptics who sought to inspect absentee ballots from last year’s presidential election, a decision that came a day after Georgia election investigators told the court they were unable to find any counterfeit ballots. Superior Court Judge Brian Amero ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue, bringing the case to a close and keeping Fulton County’s 147,000 original absentee ballots under seal. The judge’s order is the latest in a series of decisions against supporters of Republican President Donald Trump who have asked the courts to help them pursue suspicions of fraud...