2022 Midterm Elections

Georgia’s Embattled Raffensperger Defeats Trump Endorsee in Secretary of State GOP Primary

Georgia’s Embattled Raffensperger Defeats Trump Endorsee in Secretary of State GOP Primary
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an update on the state of the election and ballot count during a press conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta on Nov. 6, 2020. Reuters/Dustin Chambers
Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
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CORDELE, Ga.—Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defeated a Trump-backed U.S. congressman in the state’s Republican secretary of state primary election on May 24.

Raffensperger received more than 52 percent of the vote to Rep. Jody Hice’s (R-Ga.) 33 percent, with 96.6 percent of votes counted, the Associated Press reported as of 4 p.m. local time on May 25. That would mean avoiding a runoff, which is required under state law if no candidate wins an outright majority of the vote.

Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
Nanette Holt is an Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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