Overview

• Raffensperger rolled out a “bold conservative agenda” that includes eliminating the state income tax, capping seniors’ property taxes, banning puberty blockers for minors, removing what he calls woke curricula, and tougher immigration and crime policies.
• He faces Republican rivals including Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Trump alternate elector in 2020, and Attorney General Chris Carr, with several lesser-known Republicans also filed.
• The Georgia GOP voted in June to try to block him from qualifying under the party label, though the state party chair has said that effort may not hold up.
• His launch video underscores his Christian faith and vows to combat deadly drugs and expand treatment, citing the death of his son from addiction.
• Democrats lining up include Keisha Lance Bottoms, Michael Thurmond and Jason Esteves, with former GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan now running as a Democrat, and Cook Political Report rates the open seat a toss-up.