Stacey Abrams may hurt Raphael Warnock more than help him in Georgia Senate race

By Naomi Lim

Published December 9, 2020 1:36pm ET

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Stacey Abrams may hurt Raphael Warnock more than help him in Georgia Senate race — Stacey Abrams may be doing more to help Republican Senate candidates in Georgia than her fellow Democrats. Not on purpose, of course, as the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee is pushing hard for Senate hopefuls Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. But Abrams, a former state House minority leader, is also a Republican lightning rod. Abrams’s refusal […]

Stacey Abrams may be doing more to help Republican Senate candidates in Georgia than her fellow Democrats.

Not on purpose, of course, as the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee is pushing hard for Senate hopefuls Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. But Abrams, a former state House minority leader, is also a Republican lightning rod. Abrams’s refusal to concede in her 2018 failed gubernatorial bid against GOP Gov. Brian Kemp agitated Republicans in Georgia and across the country.

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