Former Sen. David Perdue’s once-spirited primary challenge to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears to be sputtering in the home-stretch ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
Dark on TV. Trailing badly in polls. Written off by Republican political insiders nationally and in Georgia.
“David either has a bunch of geniuses working for him — because he’s basically spent no money — or he’s run the most flawed campaign in America,” this person said while noting that Perdue still has an outside shot at forcing a runoff. The sense of Perdue’s implosion was apparent Thursday at Kemp’s two rallies, where he repeatedly name-checked his likely general election opponent, Stacey Abrams, and didn’t mention Perdue at all.“It’s hard to see how this race isn’t over,” said Matt Towery, a pollster who has surveyed the race.
“Unlike Ohio and [Pennsylvania] Senate primaries, we have an incumbent with a solid record [who’s] working hard,” Johnson said in an email. “All Perdue has is a cheerleader in Florida. It ain’t enough.” Perdue’s campaigning — or its alleged lack thereof — has also come under question in Georgia, where The Atlanta Journal Constitution this week asked “” in a report about his hard-to-find events. A Perdue spokesperson, Jenni Sweat, disputed the report as “wrong.”
Duncan said the end of Perdue’s bid for governor reminded him of Perdue’s efforts at the tail end of his failed runoff bid against Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who defeated him. Trump also endorsed a little-known challenger to state Attorney General Chris Carr, another Kemp ally who refused to help overturn the 2020 election. And Trump backed U.S. Rep. Jody Hice in an effort to unseat Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who also refused to help overturn the 2020 election and said the state’s election was secure.
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