Overview

• Carter announced his endorsement on Oct. 15 through the Esteves campaign, praising Esteves as the strongest candidate to build a winning coalition next year.
• The former state senator was the Democrats’ 2014 nominee for governor and is the grandson of the late President Jimmy Carter.
• Carter had told the Associated Press he would not run this cycle because his wife is battling glioblastoma and had said he did not plan to endorse anyone.
• Esteves is one of seven Democrats running to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp, a field that includes Keisha Lance Bottoms, Geoff Duncan, Michael Thurmond, Ruwa Romman, Derrick Jackson and Olu Brown.
• On the Republican side, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Attorney General Chris Carr and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are viewed as the leading contenders, and the Cook Political Report currently rates the race a toss-up.