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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Atlanta – 12 November 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"I think the results were very conclusive. Whether people like them or not, those results are very conclusive. But after 2018, Stacey Abrams lost by 55,000 votes. We had about ten lawsuits. Roll it forward, we had some in 2020, obviously, on the other side. But I don’t anticipate any. I think what we’ve shown the equipment has been through, been through elections."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Atlanta – 30 October 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"And I have no control over human behavior. But what I do and what I will make sure and what I have made sure since 2018, that I will hold both parties accountable to you the voters of Georgia and I stand ready to defend the results of the election with election officials all across the states. We will do our job."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Atlanta – 4 November 2020
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"We’re excited to report that the people of Georgia have spoken. It has never been easier to vote in Georgia. Elections matter. We held an election that was a safe, sensible and responsible election for every eligible voter to access."
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STORYLINE:
Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump’s call to help overturn the state’s 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he’s running for governor in 2026.
The wealthy engineering entrepreneur might appeal most to business-oriented Republicans who once dominated GOP primaries in Georgia, but he is pledging a strongly conservative campaign even while he remains scorned by Trump and his allies. Raffensperger’s entry into the field intensifies the primary in a state with an unbroken line of Republican governors since 2002.
“I’m a conservative Republican, and I’m prepared to make the tough decisions. I follow the law and the Constitution, and I’ll always do the right thing for Georgia no matter what,” Raffensperger said in an announcement video.
Raffensperger defied Trump’s wrath to win reelection in 2022, but he will again test GOP primary voters’ tolerance for a candidate so clearly targeted by the president. His first challenge may be to even qualify for the primary. Georgia’s Republican Party voted in June to ban Raffensperger from running under its banner, although the party chairman said that attempt might not go anywhere.
Two other top Republicans are already in the race — Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Attorney General Chris Carr. Jones swore himself to be a “duly elected and qualified” elector for Trump in 2020 even though Democrat Joe Biden had been declared the state’s winner. Carr sided with Raffensperger in rejecting challenges to the results. Other Republicans include Clark Dean, Scott Ellison and Gregg Kirkpatrick.
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