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Gina Mann's avatar

Jon Ossoff wants Nikema Williams to step down as Georgia State Democratic Chair. Williams has declined, citing the fact that Harris won more votes than Biden.

The Young Georgia Democrats have also asked her to resign among 22 other Democratic candidates most of whom lost this year. They say fundraising was also subpar.

Hopefully they can figure this out considering that Ossoff is in for a very tough fight in two years, possibly against Brian Kemp himself.

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/11/12/some-georgia-democrats-call-new-leadership-state-party/

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Kevin H.'s avatar

Considering the environment, a 2.5 point loss isn't bad and i don't think there's anything a state chair could do about it. A lot of times these things are personal beefs and wanting "their guy" in place.

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Jonathan's avatar

All things considered, I'm on Ossoff side; his race is an absolutely must win(no disrespect to Williams but he probably has his legitimate reasons)

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Zero Cool's avatar

Of course.

Then following the 2026 midterms, we have Raphael Warnock up for re-election in 2028. Very important to keep both him and Ossoff in office as they made history in GA.

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

I'd trust Ossof's office to not make reflexive stances like this in public if they didn't think it was a real issue. Williams is a classic ATL machine pol and I think they're better options on the table.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Regarding Ossoff:

Trump beat Harris in GA by 2.2% points, which isn't exactly remarkable for the GOP when you compare 2016 where he beat Clinton in the state by 5.09% points.

With Trump being in office now, Ossoff still has the ability to get the edge in grassroots and fundraising now that he's an incumbent Senator. Remains to be seen what happens in the first two years while Trump is POTUS.

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Tim Nguyen's avatar

That is assuming that Kemp himself wants to be running for senate in an environment that will likely remain extremely toxic. Even if he does run, there's no guarantee that Trump or Musk will prop up a another batshit lunatic like Greene to run. Either way, 2026 should be a significantly more favorable environment for Democrats, perhaps even moreso than 2018 since there likely won't be the issue of Supreme Court votes like there was back then, only the possible preservation of the conservative majority. If Musk's behavior in response to vote for a new GOP senate majority leader is any indication tho, Trump, Musk and their allies will throw all the money and resources they can at Republicans they deem hostile and not sufficiently loyal, including Kemp.

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Kemp clearly has presidential ambitions but I'm not sure the best route to that is being a Senator first in which you point out will be a very toxic environment.

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Ncsupack's avatar

She needs to step down. I like her as a congressmember but congressmembers should not be state party chairs. One of the main reasons is because she’s an elected federal official she is forbidden from fundraising for the state party. We have plenty of folks with talent who could step in who’d do a great job.

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Andrew's avatar

Why is a member of Congress also the chair of a state party? A swing state, no less. How does she have two full-time jobs and do them successfully? She isn’t even in GA most of the time!!! As if I haven’t shook my head enough the past fucking week at Democrats. Unacceptable. She needs to pick a job.

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Jonathan's avatar

Ossoff is saying basically this👍

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