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Jonathan's avatar

I am excited about Benson(Emily will help raise tons),not excited about Bottoms though, black, female, politician from Atlanta is just a mistake in Georgia atm, though I sincerely wish it weren’t so

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Darren Monaghan's avatar

I'm just hoping Mike Duggan doesn't make the ballot as an Independent, then with Jocelyn Benson as the nominee it will be a MINIMUM rated Lean D!! 💙🇺🇲

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Ncsupack's avatar

Yeah the current Mayor Andre Dickens would be more viable than her imo. Personally I think the best options are Lucy McBath, Jason Carter, or a wild card option like Sally Yates

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Mike in MD's avatar

Stacy Abrams almost pulled it off, and the state's trends haven't been particularly red over the last eight years. Her weaker performance in 2022 was probably a mix of Kemp's incumbency and her own errors.

Add the prefix "suburban" to Atlanta and you have Lucy McBath who may also be considering and could be a strong candidate.

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Henrik's avatar

Keisha Bottoms has a lot of issues as a statewide candidate that have nothing to do with her gender or race

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Jonathan's avatar

disagree

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Henrik's avatar

I mean i agree with the sentiment that being a black woman may handicap her too, but Bottoms is a bad candidate statewide for other reasons, too

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Umm I know quite a few folks who worked in both the Reed and Bottoms administrations. . She was not a good executive and made a lot of poor decisions. She'd be a terrible statewide candidate.

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Henrik's avatar

That’s my point

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Jonathan's avatar

Agree

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ArcticStones's avatar

Jen Rubin at The Contrarian just interviewed Jocelyn Benson. If you prefer to read, click "Transcript" below the video. Enjoy!

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-rubin-interviews-jocelyn-benson

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Colin Artinger's avatar

I wonder if KLB will ultimately run for McBath's seat instead of statewide. Maybe Jerica Richardson runs again,

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Jonathan's avatar

I am ok with this.. Statewide???.. Nope

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