An FBI raid on Georgia’s largest elections office has reopened the state’s deepest political fault line, dragging the 2020 election back into the center of two of its highest-profile races and forcing Republican candidates to decide how closely to align themselves with President Donald Trump’s renewed fight.

The FBI’s seizure of thousands of 2020 ballots from Fulton County instantly injected fresh volatility into Georgia’s governor’s race and a closely watched Senate contest, just as Republican strategists say voters remain far more focused on economic pressure than relitigating the last presidential election.