GA-SEN, GA-GOV: Georgia Democrats hope unity ticket can propel them to victory in November
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are two names you might be hearing together quite a bit in the coming months.
Both Democrats will be at the top of your ballot in November – Ossoff is seeking a second six-year-term in the U.S. Senate and Bottoms is attempting to become the first Black woman governor in the United States. And they’re hoping running a tandem campaign will help them achieve victory.
It will be two more weeks before Republicans decide who their candidates for those offices will be. Both races are set for a June 16 runoff after no winner emerged in the May primary elections. Congressman Mike Collins and former football coach Derek Dooley are competing to run against Ossoff, and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is facing off against businessman Rick Jackson to run for governor.
The Democratic duo held their first public event together Sunday when Bottoms joined Ossoff on stage at his rally in Atlanta, signaling that the pair would be a united front this year. Joining their campaigns together makes strategic sense, said Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie.
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