(All data in this article is as of this date and time.) An October poll from Data for Progress, though, found that the Republican held a lead of 10 percentage points over Abrams - 3 points more than when the firm last polled the race, in September.
Most recent surveys of the race consistently show Abrams, a former minority leader in Georgia’s state House, trailing Kemp by single digits, according to FiveThirtyEight’s polling average as of this past Friday at 12 p.m. But she enters this year’s race as even more of an underdog than she was in 2018.
Kamala Harris of California to share the ticket, Abrams kept her eyes on the governor’s mansion. There was speculation about whether she’d be chosen as Joe Biden’s running mate during his 2020 bid for the presidency ( a prospect Abrams welcomed), and she was largely credited for pioneering a new playbook focused on turning out Black voters in Georgia, especially after Biden flipped the state in 2020. Brian Kemp by fewer than 60,000 votes - but after such an unexpectedly tight contest, she was heralded by the Democratic Party as a promising new leader. Yes, she had just lost Georgia’s gubernatorial race to Gov. NATHAN POSNER / ANADOLU AGENCY / GETTY IMAGESįour years ago, Stacey Abrams had the world at her feet.
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