Georgia
Race factors into Dem runoff for Georgia secretary of state
ATLANTA – The Democratic main battle for Georgia secretary of state – the highest elections official in a vital swing state – could come right down to questions on how occasion devoted view range and the illustration of Black ladies.
State Rep. Bee Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, is taken into account the front-runner for the June 21 runoff and has raised far extra money than former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler, who’s Black. Nguyen is endorsed by Stacey Abrams, the Georgia nominee for governor whose organizing efforts have been broadly credited for driving President Joe Biden’s slim win right here in 2020.
Dawkins-Haigler says Georgia Democrats assist Nguyen as a result of she’s not Black and so they need to construct a extra numerous statewide ticket. She says there’s a “a race downside throughout the Democratic Get together.”
Secretaries of state should function and certify elections in 2024 amid a barrage of false claims about voter fraud and a rising nationwide push by Republicans to attempt to overturn elections they lose. Both Nguyen or Dawkins-Haigler will face Brad Raffensperger, the Republican incumbent who turned a nationwide determine after refusing former President Donald Trump’s calls for to “discover” votes to overturn his loss to Biden.
There are few coverage variations between Nguyen and Dawkins-Haigler. Each candidates oppose a Republican-led overhaul of voting legal guidelines after the 2020 election, together with new restrictions on voting by mail and larger legislative management over how elections are run. Each criticized Raffensperger for backing the adjustments and stated they assist hand-marked paper ballots relatively than touchscreen voting machines he applied that print a paper poll.
The competition has highlighted totally different visions for Democrats in Georgia as each the state and occasion base turn out to be extra numerous.
Nguyen, who gained about 44% of the vote in final month’s main, has the backing of a large swath of occasion leaders, most significantly Abrams. Dawkins-Haigler, who snagged almost 19% of the first vote, has been endorsed by the three Democrats — all of them Black — who didn’t make the runoff.
Moreover elections, Georgia’s secretary of state’s workplace is accountable different capabilities that embrace company registration {and professional} licensing.
All however one of many eight incumbent Republican secretaries of state who sought re-election this yr drew a minimum of one GOP challenger who both denied Biden gained the presidency or made unsubstantiated claims that elections aren’t safe.
Raffensperger dispatched a problem from U.S. Rep Jody Hice, a Trump-endorsed main challenger with out being compelled right into a runoff.
Black ladies make up an outsized share of the Democratic citizens in Georgia and are among the many occasion’s most dependable voters. Within the 2020 main, they made up 36% of all Democratic voters, and Black individuals general made up 57% of Democratic voters. The shares have been even greater within the 2018 main, when Abrams first ran in opposition to now-incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp. Then, Black individuals have been 60% of all Democratic voters and Black ladies have been 39%.
Georgia’s Democratic citizens, just like the nation’s, additionally leans towards ladies, who made up 61% of voters within the 2020 main and 62% in 2018.
Each Democrats and Republicans are additionally striving to include extra of Georgia’s fast-growing Asian and Hispanic populations into their coalitions. Whereas these voters have turn out to be extra necessary normally elections, they haven’t traditionally been a giant consider primaries. Asian and Hispanic voters mixed made up solely 4.2% of the Democratic main citizens in 2020.
Dawkins-Haigler says distinguished Georgia Democrats imagine a extra numerous ticket would enchantment extra to white voters who might be scared away if there are too many Black individuals on the occasion’s ticket. It’s a calculation she says dangers alienating the occasion’s base.
“It’s what I’ve heard all throughout your entire state. Everyone seems to be having this dialog,” she stated.
Nguyen stated she’s proud to have constructed a broad-based coalition of endorsers and supporters that she says will assist her win in November.
“Once I first put my title on the poll in 2017, people informed me that I wasn’t the suitable candidate based mostly on my race, on my gender and on my age – issues I can’t change about myself,” she stated of her first legislative run. “However I linked with the voters within the state of Georgia, and I listened to my constituents on the problems that matter most to them.”
Abrams, who was the one Democrat to run for governor, kept away from endorsements till after the first. She began with Nguyen, who occupies the state Home seat Abrams as soon as held. Within the lieutenant governor’s race, she selected Charlie Bailey, a white man operating in opposition to Kwanza Corridor, who’s Black. Within the runoff for labor commissioner, she’s backing a Black man, William Boddie, over a white lady, Nicole Horn.
Floyd Griffin, a former state senator and former mayor of the central Georgia metropolis of Milledgeville, was one of many three former Democratic rivals for secretary of state who has endorsed Dawkins-Haigler within the runoff. He tweeted what he referred to as his “Georgia Black Slate” for the Democratic runoffs, which additionally contains Corridor, Boddie and Janice Legal guidelines Robinson, who’s in a runoff for insurance coverage commissioner in opposition to one other Black candidate, Raphael Baker.
State Rep. Al Williams of Halfway is a Black Democrat who served within the legislature with each Nguyen and Dawkins-Haigler and counts each as associates. Williams stated the various slate Abrams is making an attempt to construct is the absolute best future for the occasion.
“I believe her thought is to do what we’ve been speaking about for years and that’s to make our constitutional places of work appear to be Georgia,” Williams stated.
Emory College political science professor Andra Gillespie stated she’s not shocked to listen to about appeals to race, says Abrams’ endorsement is a transparent benefit for Nguyen as a result of it implies that Abrams will probably throw the her formidable operation behind Nguyen and her different chosen candidates.
“Whichever group has the most effective turnout operation goes to win,” she stated. “And so I believe the query is: Do the rebel campaigns of Kwanza Corridor and Dee Dawkins-Haigler have what it takes to face as much as the juggernaut of the Abrams operation?”
Georgia Tech only had one game last week, but they got an important win against Virginia Tech. Yes, the Hokies are not a very good team, but the Yellow Jackets were very shorthanded in the game and did not have many players available. The bottom three teams in the ACC standings do not make the conference tournament and beating the Hokies helps keep Georgia Tech from that tier of teams. Beating Notre Dame tomorrow night is going to be very important to staying out of that bottom three as well. It would give the Yellow Jackets their second win of the year over the Fighting Irish, giving them the tiebreaker. It won’t be easy to beat Notre Dame on the road, especially with the unknown about who is going to be available for the Yellow Jackets. After this game vs Notre Dame, Georgia Tech faces Louisville and Clemson, two of the best teams in the conference.
The good news for Georgia Tech is that it sounds like they are going to get guard Lance Terry back for tomorrow’s game.
Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of its last three games, including a 74-59 win at Virginia Saturday, reversing a four-game losing streak that began with the Dec. 31 loss to Tech, The Fighting Irish are 7-2 at home this season, including ACC wins over Syracuse and Boston College.
Georgia Tech could accomplish a few things for the first time if they can get a win tomorrow night on the road.
A win on Tuesday would be Georgia Tech’s first on the road this season. The Yellow Jackets’ road losses have come at Oklahoma, North Carolina, Syracuse, SMU, and Florida State. A win on Tuesday would be Tech’s first at Purcell Pavilion since Notre Dame became a member of the ACC. Notre Dame has won all 10 meetings at South Bend since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Tech’s last win at Notre Dame occurred on Feb. 24, 1990. A win Tuesday night would give Tech its first season sweep of the Irish since they joined the ACC. The Jackets have split the season series with Notre Dame six times, and have been swept four times.
Georgia Tech has not had a lot of success against Notre Dame on the court. Notre Dame has won 10 of the last 13 meetings and lead the all-time series, 18-14. Tech snapped a three-game losing streak in the series with an 86-75 victory in Atlanta on Dec. 31. The Yellow Jackets are 8-16 against Notre Dame since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Only three of those games have been decided by double-digits.
Tech has played 7, 6, and 7 players in its last three games. The Jackets had played 8 or more in every game prior to Clemson, 9 or more in 11 games.
Even with Lance Terry missing 2 of Georgia Tech’s last 3 games, he and Javian McCollum have scored 40% of Tech’s total points (239 out of 597) since the Christmas break (Dec. 28 to the present).
Junior forward Duncan Powell has averaged 14.1 points and 6.1 rebounds over his last 7 games, including three games of 20 points or more. His 23 points vs. Virginia Tech was a career high. The Sacramento State transfer has hit 45.5% (35-of-77) from the floor, 42.9% (15-of-35) from the three-point range, and 70.3% (26-of-37) from the foul line in that stretch.
Sophomore guard Naithan George has scored in double digits in 7 straight games, averaging 11.3 points per game, and has averaged 6.6 assists over the same stretch.
This is an important game for both teams as I mentioned earlier. Georgia Tech and Notre Dame are both trying to stay out of the bottom three range in the ACC and both should view this as a winnable game. Notre Dame is healthier right now and Georgia Tech has not been a dependable team on the road at all. I think the Fighting Irish take care of this game at home.
Final Score: Notre Dame 73, Georgia Tech 67
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Georgia Tech Football: Yellow Jackets Complete 2025 Football Schedule Has Been Released
Georgia football is playing rival Georgia Tech again on the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend in 2025.
The Yellow Jackets designated home game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta will be played on Friday Nov. 28, according to the ACC schedule released Monday night.
Georgia outlasted Georgia Tech in a Friday night game on Nov. 29 in Athens in eight overtimes, 44-42, in the 2024 season.
The 2025 Georgia Tech game was previously announced for Saturday, Nov. 29 when Georgia’s schedule was released.
The kickoff time and network for this year’s game will be released at a later date.
The Georgia Tech game in 2024 was the first non-Saturday game in Sanford Stadium since the Georgia Tech game on the Friday after Thanksgiving in 1994.
Georgia Tech only had one game last week, but they got an important win against Virginia Tech. Yes, the Hokies are not a very good team, but the Yellow Jackets were very shorthanded in the game and did not have many players available. The bottom three teams in the ACC standings do not make the conference tournament and beating the Hokies helps keep Georgia Tech from that tier of teams. Beating Notre Dame tomorrow night is going to be very important to staying out of that bottom three as well. It would give the Yellow Jackets their second win of the year over the Fighting Irish, giving them the tiebreaker. It won’t be easy to beat Notre Dame on the road, especially with the unknown about who is going to be available for the Yellow Jackets. After this game vs Notre Dame, Georgia Tech faces Louisville and Clemson, two of the best teams in the conference.
The good news for Georgia Tech is that it sounds like they are going to get guard Lance Terry back for tomorrow’s game.
Georgia Tech coach Damon Stoudamire asked by @AFarrersports today for an injury update and Stoudamire says his “all-boot team” will be in boots for a little while longer.
Lance Terry should be back for Tuesday’s game at Notre Dame.
— Chad Bishop (@MrChadBishop) January 27, 2025
Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of its last three games, including a 74-59 win at Virginia Saturday, reversing a four-game losing streak that began with the Dec. 31 loss to Tech, The Fighting Irish are 7-2 at home this season, including ACC wins over Syracuse and Boston College.
Georgia Tech could accomplish a few things for the first time if they can get a win tomorrow night on the road.
A win on Tuesday would be Georgia Tech’s first on the road this season. The Yellow Jackets’ road losses have come at Oklahoma, North Carolina, Syracuse, SMU, and Florida State. A win on Tuesday would be Tech’s first at Purcell Pavilion since Notre Dame became a member of the ACC. Notre Dame has won all 10 meetings at South Bend since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Tech’s last win at Notre Dame occurred on Feb. 24, 1990. A win Tuesday night would give Tech its first season sweep of the Irish since they joined the ACC. The Jackets have split the season series with Notre Dame six times, and have been swept four times.
Georgia Tech has not had a lot of success against Notre Dame on the court. Notre Dame has won 10 of the last 13 meetings and lead the all-time series, 18-14. Tech snapped a three-game losing streak in the series with an 86-75 victory in Atlanta on Dec. 31. The Yellow Jackets are 8-16 against Notre Dame since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Only three of those games have been decided by double-digits.
Tech has played 7, 6, and 7 players in its last three games. The Jackets had played 8 or more in every game prior to Clemson, 9 or more in 11 games.
Even with Lance Terry missing 2 of Georgia Tech’s last 3 games, he and Javian McCollum have scored 40% of Tech’s total points (239 out of 597) since the Christmas break (Dec. 28 to the present).
Junior forward Duncan Powell has averaged 14.1 points and 6.1 rebounds over his last 7 games, including three games of 20 points or more. His 23 points vs. Virginia Tech was a career high. The Sacramento State transfer has hit 45.5% (35-of-77) from the floor, 42.9% (15-of-35) from the three-point range, and 70.3% (26-of-37) from the foul line in that stretch.
Sophomore guard Naithan George has scored in double digits in 7 straight games, averaging 11.3 points per game, and has averaged 6.6 assists over the same stretch.
Here is how you can watch tomorrow’s game.
GEORGIA TECH (9-11, 3-6 ACC) vs. NOTRE DAME (9-10, 3-5 ACC)
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 9 p.m. EST | South Bend, Ind. | Purcell Pavilion
Television: ACC Network (Announcers: Doug Sherman, Eric Devendorf)
Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan)
Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters
Other ways to listen: SiriusXM Ch. 382 | SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn
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