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Countdown to 2018 Midterms: July

By Siraj Hashmi

Published August 1, 2018 5:49pm ET

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Countdown to 2018 Midterms: July — Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, left, and Secretary of State Brian Kemp celebrate during a unity rally on Thursday in Peachtree Corners, Ga. The pair faced off in a heated gubernatorial runoff race which Kemp won. | (AP Photo/John Amis)

The month of July was a quiet one in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm election.

In Georgia, Brian Kemp destroyed Casey Cagle in the Republican primary runoff for governor by a margin on 39 points. Kemp, who was endorsed by President Trump, will face off against the Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams, who is the first African American woman to win a major party nomination for governor in the United States.

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