Overview
- Jackson’s campaign confirmed late Friday that he reversed plans and will attend President Trump’s rally in Perry while also keeping a scheduled appearance with Governor Brian Kemp in Cherokee County.
- His attendance guarantees both top-ticket Republican nominees will appear with Trump at the Perry event and the Collins campaign has confirmed Rep. Mike Collins will also take part.
- Jackson had earlier told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he would skip Trump’s rally to act as a “force multiplier” with Kemp, a decision that drew scrutiny after the candidate missed an Atlanta Press Club forum last week.
- Polling and ratings show the governor’s contest is tightly contested with RealClearPolitics averaging Jackson about 1.5 points ahead of Keisha Lance Bottoms and the Senate race favoring Democrat Jon Ossoff by roughly 8.5 points with Cook rating it likely Democratic; an AJC poll puts Trump’s approval in Georgia at 42 percent.
- With early voting under way through the end of the month, campaigns are using high‑profile surrogates and coordinated rallies to convert voters, a strategy that could both mobilize the GOP base and highlight national figures whose local approval is mixed.