Obama to stump for Democrats in Georiga Senate runoffs
Source: The Hill
Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Georgia on Friday to boost the two Democratic candidates in the Peach State’s crucial Senate runoffs.
Obama will stump with Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Atlanta and will be joined by Stacey Abrams and Rep.-elect Nikema Williams, who is also the state's Democratic Party chair, for a rally and discussion with volunteers. The rally comes days before the Dec. 7 voter registration deadline in Georgia and the start of early voting on Dec. 14.
The appearance by Obama, who after four years out of power remains one of his party’s most popular figures, underscores the Democrats’ full-court press to flip the Peach State’s two Senate seats. The runoffs are pitting Ossoff against Sen. David Perdue (R) and Warnock against Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R).
"With Early Voting starting December 14, Friday's event with President Obama, Reverend Warnock, and Stacey Abrams will inspire this historic statewide movement to generate record-shattering turnout so we can end this COVID crisis, deliver affordable health care for all Georgians, and pass a new Civil Rights Act,” Ossoff said in a statement announcing the rally.
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