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Podcast: Keeping up with Georgia’s 2020 U.S. Senate, 7th Congressional races

Voters line up to cast ballots at Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta for Georgia’s presidential primary in 2016. The state’s primary for 2020 will not be scheduled until new voting machines are put in place. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
Voters line up to cast ballots at Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta for Georgia’s presidential primary in 2016. The state’s primary for 2020 will not be scheduled until new voting machines are put in place. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
By Bria Felicien
June 19, 2019

There are months to go before we reach the qualifying deadline for the 2020 elections, yet the races for Georgia's 7th Congressional district and David Perdue's U.S. Senate seat are already drawing lots of candidates.

READ MORE: Georgia officials set presidential primary date for March 24

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and AJC Washington correspondent Tamar Hallerman discuss the names entering the races and the issues that may become a part of their campaigns.

Bluestein and Hallerman also discuss Stacey Abrams' trip to Hollywood and how it impacts Georgia.

READ MORE: Tomlinson warns of 'Pandora's box of bigotry' at gay rights gala 

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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