Stacey Abrams rules out 2020 presidential run

Published August 13, 2019 9:15pm ET



Failed Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has decided against making a bid for the presidency in 2020.

Abrams will focus instead on battling voter suppression including working with background states, the New York Times reports. Her decision to focus on voter suppression follows the long-standing argument that her opponent in the gubernatorial race, Brian Kemp, won because he stifled the black vote in Georgia.

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