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Stacey 'Boxcar' Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat

[The Hill] Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Wednesday ruled out running for the Senate next year following news that Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) would retire.
Abrams won't run, but former Georgia, US Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (graphic) may.
"Our thoughts are with Senator Isakson and his family. Leader Abrams' focus will not change: she will lead voter protection efforts in key states across the country, and make sure Democrats are successful in Georgia in 2020," an Abrams spokesman said in a statement.

"While she will not be a candidate herself, she is committed to helping Democratic candidates win both Senate races next year."

A special election will be held next year to fill the seat being vacated by Isakson, 74, who said earlier Wednesday he would retire at the end of 2019, citing health issues.

Isakson's announcement sparked immediate talk that Democrats would try to get Abrams, who lost the state's 2018 gubernatorial race, to run for Isakson's seat in the special election.

The special election will be held to fill the remaining two years of Isakson’s term during the next regularly scheduled election, meaning Georgia voters will cast ballots for both of the state's Senate seats in 2020, when Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is also up for reelection.

Related: The Hill - Georgia GOP abuzz about Senate vacancy.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 So Stacey's two brain cells finally connected?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-29 04:46|| 2019-08-29 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 She can't be both Shadow Governor and Senator

Posted by Frank G 2019-08-29 06:17|| 2019-08-29 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Isakson is a squish. If not for the fact that every election is (Alert! Comment filter lesson) "a situation where the two cubes with dots on them may come up both with just one dot" he would be no loss.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-29 07:10|| 2019-08-29 07:10|| Front Page Top

#4 And, shadow governor? Innat rayciss?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-29 07:13|| 2019-08-29 07:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Georgia Taliban
Two worded Snark O'The Day

Posted by Frank G 2019-08-29 07:33|| 2019-08-29 07:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Has she won already?

Posted by Cesare 2019-08-29 08:12|| 2019-08-29 08:12|| Front Page Top

#7 The sample exploratory polls in Cherokee, Bartow, Forsyth, Gorden, and Dawson Counties were least of all promising.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-29 08:20|| 2019-08-29 08:20|| Front Page Top

#8 thank god, no one i knows seems too know where in the hell this bitch came from or who she is

Posted by chris 2019-08-29 10:11|| 2019-08-29 10:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Coming soon: Claims that she did indeed win the election, and that it was stolen from her, along with constant comments on how her terms as both Governor and Senator are going.

Posted by Vernal Hatrick 2019-08-29 13:44|| 2019-08-29 13:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Tough to run for anything when you're weighing in at nineteen stone.

Posted by Raj 2019-08-29 13:45|| 2019-08-29 13:45|| Front Page Top

#11

Posted by Skidmark 2019-08-29 14:30|| 2019-08-29 14:30|| Front Page Top

#12 The only way
that she could run,
was if she were
to melt in the sun.

Posted by SteveS 2019-08-29 15:13|| 2019-08-29 15:13|| Front Page Top

#13 ...Burma-Shave!

Posted by trailing wife 2019-08-29 15:19|| 2019-08-29 15:19|| Front Page Top

#14 Stacey 'Boxcar' Abrams says she won't run for Georgia Senate seat

If she does, I would appreciate some warning so I can get out of the earthquake zone. Maybe the moon?

Posted by gorb 2019-08-29 16:05|| 2019-08-29 16:05|| Front Page Top

#15 What you are describing is not an earthquake zone. More like a gravitational wave zone.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-29 16:13|| 2019-08-29 16:13|| Front Page Top

#16 Looks like I solved the problem of needing a larger particle accelerator.

Posted by gorb 2019-08-29 17:30|| 2019-08-29 17:30|| Front Page Top

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