Perdue's was one of two GOP losses that gave Senate control to Democrats.
Brad Raffensperger speaks to"GMA" about the hour-long phone recording of his conversation with the president on Saturday, in which he was pressed to overturn election results.Former Georgia Republican Sen. David Purdue on Monday announced a primary challenge against GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, setting off what will be a bitter and competitive primary between former President Donald Trump’s close ally and the sitting incumbent.
Perdue and former Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler lost races for both of Georgia’s Senate seats this year, handing the Senate majority to Democrats, after President Joe Biden bested Trump in November.The former senator is mounting a challenge from Kemp’s right. Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became frequent targets of Trump’s throughout the year because they did not cave to pressures to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
ABC News previously reported that in December of last year, while a signature match audit was ongoing in one Georgia county, Trump phoned a chief investigator in Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office to discuss the audit, telling the investigator they would be praised for finding errors in the vote count, according to an individual familiar with the call.
"And Stacey Abrams, who still has not conceded, and that's OK," Trump said."Stacey, would you like to take his place? It's OK with me."
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