Georgia Republicans are taking back their state one election at a time. After Biden won the traditionally red state and suffering two crippling Senate losses Republicans are ready to make a comeback.
The urge to win is palpable after a Georgia special election held for a state House seat resulted in Republican candidate Devan Seabaugh won by 26 percentage points, 63% to 37%.
According to The Daily Wire:
Republican Devan Seabaugh crushed Democratic Priscilla Smith in the election; in 2020, the Republican candidate, Rep. Bert Reeves, won by only 12%. He left to take a job at Georgia Tech.
“While runoff elections historically have a lower turnout than the previous race, especially in a special election, both races had more voters turn out on Tuesday than they did four weeks ago. Nearly 2,000 more people voted in the Cobb-based House District 34 contest on Tuesday than last month. More than 1,000 additional voters cast ballots on Tuesday than last month in the House District 156 election in South Georgia,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, adding, “Some political operatives at first thought the Cobb County state House district could be an early test for suburban Atlanta Republicans after the state supported Joe Biden for president in November and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in January for the U.S. Senate, all Democrats.”
Seabaugh won his decisive victory despite the efforts of former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ voting group Fair Fight. “On the day of the special election in June, Fair Fight posted observers at several polling sites. Heading into the final days of the runoff, Fair Fight released a digital attack on Seabaugh criticizing his support for Georgia’s new restrictive voting measure, gun rights expansions and anti-abortion measures,” the Journal-Constitution noted.
The digital attack ad claimed Seabaugh held “extreme positions on voting rights, reproductive freedom, and common sense gun safety,” adding, “Instead of standing up for women’s fundamental rights, Seabaugh has pledged to support all bills that would eliminate the right to choose ‘without apology.’”
The Peach State will feature some contentious races next year, especially as Sen. Raphael Warnock attempts to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
