PLAINS — The town that Jimmy Carter still calls home played a key role this weekend in his grandson’s political aspirations. But as the community is once again thrust into the spotlight, some here are indifferent about the younger Carter’s quest for governor.
Plains was the launching pad for the elder Carter’s road to the White House, and its residents have happily played host to pilgrims ever since. State Sen. Jason Carter never lived here, but he used the town of roughly 700 as a backdrop this weekend for a lucrative fundraiser in his bid to oust Gov. Nathan Deal.
For $20,000 a couple, donors got a private tour of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, dinner and a reception with the ex-president and his wife, a photo with the couple, and a visit to the nearby Baptist church where the elder Carter teaches Sunday school.
When the younger Carter returned to Plains to restock his campaign coffers over the weekend, though, he found a town that still cherished its ties to the famous family but is more ambivalent about claiming the grandson as one of their own. Find out more at myajc.com.
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