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mfcorey1

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Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:35 PM Sep 2020

Democratic opponent of QAnon supporter drops out of Georgia U.S. House race

ATLANTA — The Democratic candidate running against Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and been criticized for other incendiary comments, is dropping out of their race for a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia.

Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal bowed out of the race for Georgia’s 14th congressional district on Friday. His campaign manager Vinny Olsziewski told The Associated Press that Van Ausdal was exiting the race for “personal and family reasons.”

Van Ausdal faced long odds in the deep-red district. On Friday, he tweeted that his team believes a candidate can replace him. The Secretary of State’s office told Channel 2 Action News that the 60 day window to replace Van Ausdal as a candidate has passed and a new nominee cannot be name

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/democratic-opponent-qanon-supporter-drops-out-georgia-us-house-seat/UTUGE2MBKFFSDG46OHDX5G3FPE/

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Democratic opponent of QAnon supporter drops out of Georgia U.S. House race (Original Post) mfcorey1 Sep 2020 OP
We had zero chance there. Clinton got less than 17% of vote in 2016. Hoyt Sep 2020 #1
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