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05/07/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Anti-Abortion protestors rally outside of the Georgia State Capitol building following the signing of HB 481 in Atlanta, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill, surrounded by supporters and Georgia lawmakers, in his office Tuesday morning. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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The Jolt: Doctors at Democratic event slam new abortion law: ‘A crime against humanity’
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In this photo of May 11, 2022, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., walks out of the Senate chamber during a series of votes in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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Warnock highlights law to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
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The incentives package that the state offered Rivian to build a $5 billion plant in east Georgia is now a new issue in the race for governor. (Photo for the Atlanta Journal Constitution by Ron Johnson)

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Rivian incentives ignite rift in Georgia governor race
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Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams race of governor (staff photos)

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Politically Georgia: Abrams and Kemp sharpen economic agendas
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Senate candidate Herschel Walker takes questions from the media after a campaign event at the Northeast Georgia Livestock on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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The Jolt: Herschel Walker answers domestic violence ad with mental health message
080922 Atlanta: Democratic nominee for Governor Stacey Abrams makes her economic address outlining her vision for Georgia’s economy on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis Compton@ajc.com

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Stacey Abrams tests positive for coronavirus
President Joe Biden speaks before signing the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022" during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Jolt: Four more years? Some Georgia Dems not pushing another Biden term
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington,July 28, 2022. Recent bipartisan action in Congress on matters ranging from producing computer chips to expanding NATO isn’t extending to the latest economic package from Democrats. For Biden, the Senate Democrats’ $739 billion package can help lower inflation, cut the budget deficit, address climate change and lower medical bills — a message that he’s trying to sell to the wider country amid intense Republican criticism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Politically Georgia: Will Biden’s recent wins boost state Democrats?
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to media while campaigning in Rome on Monday, May 2, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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The Jolt: Trump’s Georgia allies slam FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search
052422 Atlanta: Governor Brian Kemp reacts to cheering supporters as he take the stage to deliver his election night party speech at the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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With plans for tax rebate, Kemp leverages power of incumbency
Republican Senate canididate Herschel Walker speaks to supporters during a campaign stop, Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Ellijay, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, Pool)

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Anti-Trump GOP group targets Herschel Walker
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff, right, and Raphael Warnock of Georgia wave to supporters during a rally on Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/TNS)

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The Jolt: How Georgia’s Senate runoffs made Democrats’ climate, health and tax bill...
The fans enjoy the music of Black Pumas at Music Midtown on Sunday night, September 19, 2021, in Piedmont Park. (Photo: Ryan Fleisher for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Abrams wants Music Midtown’s end to resonate with voters
Josh Brice (right), a Gainesville resident, meets Herschel Walker (middle), while Fletcher Law (right), a Gainesville resident, waits in line during a meet and greet event on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Longstreet Cafe in Gainesville, Georgia. Fox & Friends broadcasted live from the restaurant during which co-host Brian Kilmeade interviewed Walker. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Kemp, Walker rally against federal climate and tax bill in Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp campaigns with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and members of his family in Sandy Springs on May 14, 2022. Greg Bluestein/AJC

The Jolt: Abrams and Kemp go hunting for new voters
Calley Malloy, left, of Shawnee, Kan.; Cassie Woolworth, of Olathe, Kan.; and Dawn Rattan, right, of Shawnee, Kan., applaud during a primary watch party Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion outright.(Tammy Ljungblad AP)/The Kansas City Star via AP)

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Politically Georgia: Democrats hope the Kansas abortion vote is a game changer
California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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The Jolt: Democratic governors make a play for Georgia’s business
Herschel Walker, the retired football star and Republican senate candidate, holds a campaign event at a car dealership in rural in Ocilla, Georgia on July 19, 2022. The uneventful outing was noteworthy for Walker, whose candidacy has been rocked by a series of damaging reports about his business record and personal life. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)..

Top Georgia Republicans unite against federal climate bill
Supporters of the group Value Them Both, who support Amendment 2, in Shawnee, Kan., July 30, 2022. Millions of dollars’ worth of advertising has flooded the airwaves in Kansas, part of a sudden burst of attention and spending as voters prepare for the country’s first electoral test addressing abortion since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. (Arin Yoon/The New York Times)

The Jolt: A Kansas abortion vote emboldens Georgia Democrats
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams gives a press conference about abortion on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The conference comes just after a federal appeals court allowed Georgia’s restrictive abortion law to take place. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abrams warns of more economic fallout after Music Midtown is nixed
The fans enjoy the music of Black Pumas at Music Midtown on Sunday night, September 19, 2021, in Piedmont Park. (Photo: Ryan Fleisher for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Politically Georgia: Music Midtown’s coda strikes a chord with Democrats
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, left, said he will debate Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Oct. 14 in Savannah.

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Walker says he’ll participate in a Senate debate
The fans enjoy the music of Black Pumas at Music Midtown on Sunday night, September 19, 2021, in Piedmont Park. (Photo: Ryan Fleisher for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The Jolt: Will Music Midtown’s cancellation reverberate with Democrats?
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at The Neighborhood Lot on Friday, July 29, 2022, in McDonough, Ga. (AP Photo/Megan Varner )

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The Jolt: At 100 day mark, there’s no ‘tag team’ atop Georgia tickets
While some Democrats are trying to put some space between themselves and President Joe Biden, the party's nominee for governor, Stacey Abrams, is embracing him. “Georgia is the reason we’ve got Joe Biden,” she said to a burst of applause at a rally in Dalton. “The reason that we’ve got billions of dollars in our coffers, money that’s being spent to help keep us afloat.” (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

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Why Stacey Abrams isn’t running away from Joe Biden
Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock 2022 Georgia Senate election.

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The Jolt: The Raphael Warnock vs. Herschel Walker ad wars begin.
In this photo from May 14, 2022, protesters rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in support of abortion rights in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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Politically Georgia: The fallout of the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
220111-Atlanta-President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights during at Clark Atlanta University on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The Jolt: As Biden notches wins, Georgia Democrats hope for a boost
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a campaign rally on March 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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The Jolt: Stacey Abrams underperforming with Black voters in AJC poll
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will all face election battles in 2022.

Politically Georgia: The AJC poll shows a split ticket leads the state’s top races
Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker

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Warnock to Walker: ‘Stop dodging. Commit to debates.’
Senator Raphael Warnock greats the crowd during a rally in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. on Saturday, July 23, 2022. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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The Jolt: Sen. Raphael Warnock keeps distance from Joe Biden as president’s ratings sink
Johnny Moseley, Georgia director for election integrity for the RNC, leads a training workshop for poll watchers earlier this month in Cumming. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Inside the RNC’s effort to train thousands of poll watchers in Georgia
FILE - Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo in her office in Atlanta, Jan. 4, 2022. Willis last year opened a criminal investigation “into attempts to influence the administration of the 2020 Georgia General Election.” A special grand jury with subpoena power was seated in May at her request. A group of Georgia Republicans who have been informed that they are at risk of being indicted in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally interfered in the 2020 election in Georgia are fighting subpoenas to testify before the special grand jury. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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The Jolt: Judge raps Fani Willis fundraiser: ‘The optics are horrific.’
During a campaign stop following a federal appeals court ruling that allowed Georgia's restrictive anti-abortion law to take effect, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker tried to deemphasize the prospect that it could mobilize Democrats. “You’re going to bring up things that people are not concerned about. People are concerned about gas, they’re concerned about food. They’re not even talking about that. That’s not what I’m hearing about,” he said. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Why Georgia Republicans are tiptoeing around new abortion law
Amber R. chants with a megaphone outside the state Capitol on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Atlanta. For the second weekend, abortion rights supporters continue to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v Wade. (Photo: Miguel Martinez / Miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

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Politically Georgia: A 2022 battle over abortion intensifies
People march in the street during a protest against the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 25, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Court's decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health case overturns the landmark 50-year-old Roe v Wade case, removing a federal right to an abortion. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/TNS)

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The Jolt: Republicans will ‘pay the price’ for anti-abortion law, Democrats vow
052422 Atlanta: Governor Brian Kemp delivers his election night party speech with First Lady Marty Kemp and his daughter Jarrett standing on stage at the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Why Brian Kemp believes he can win more minority support
FILE - People march through Downtown Atlanta on June 24, 2022, to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

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Politically Georgia: What you need to know about Georgia’s anti-abortion law
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams holds a press conference Wednesday about abortion following a federal appeals court ruling that allowed Georgia’s restrictive abortion law to take place. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abrams plays offense after Georgia’s anti-abortion law takes effect
Herschel Walker, the retired football star and Republican senate candidate, holds a campaign event at a car dealership in rural in Ocilla, Georgia on July 19, 2022. The uneventful outing was noteworthy for Walker, whose candidacy has been rocked by a series of damaging reports about his business record and personal life. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)..

The Jolt: Is this the Herschel Walker campaign reset?
Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams race of governor (staff photos)

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How Georgia’s top candidates raised their campaign cash
David Perdue concedes the primary Republican Governor’s race to Brian Kemp during his election party on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Politically Georgia: David Perdue’s post-primary plan
220309-Atlanta-Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue files paperwork to qualify to run for governor Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2022 at the Georgia State Capitol. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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After crushing defeat, David Perdue wants to heal GOP rifts
April 6, 2021 Cobb County: Workers with DeNYSE load the All Star sign after removing it from near the stadium’s scoreboard on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Truist Park. A Cobb County-based Civil Rights Organization says moving Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game out of Georgia was the right call, regardless of the economic impact to local businesses. New Order National Human Rights Organization gave their latest update on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in front of Truist Park in Cobb County regarding Major league baseball relocating the All Star from Atlanta. The organization said they realized that the Governor has responded to cancelation of the all Star game here in Atlanta and as a national human rights organization gave their response to the game being moved out of Atlanta. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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The Jolt: GOP still steamed a year after losing All-Star game over voting rights
Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Georgia) speaks at a rally as former U.S. President Donald Trump watches on Sept. 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)

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The Jolt: Fani Willis’ Trump probe becomes flashpoint in lieutenant governor’s race
01/04/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams makes remarks during a Georgia Democrat U.S. Senate campaign rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Abrams counters Kemp’s ‘defund police’ attacks
November 4, 2018 Macon - GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp and President Donald J. Trump shake hands during President Donald J. Trump's Make America Great Again Rally to support Brian Kemp at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in MaconSunday, November 4, 2018. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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The Jolt: Is the Republican civil war in Georgia over?
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (left) and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. AJC file photos.

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The Jolt: New poll suggests ticket-splitting in top Georgia races
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams greet each other at a 2020 event.

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A new reality: Georgia Democrats keep money advantage over GOP
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