STACEY ABRAMS SUPPORTING HER SECOND RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA By Carla Dempsey, Freelance Writer
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early 1.3 million new voters have been added to the rolls since candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams’ last ran for the seat in 2018. Of those new voters, Abrams’ campaign has reported that 47 percent are people of color.
She is confident that will make a successful impact in placing her in the seat for the Georgia governorship in her second run as the 2022 midterm elections approach. If elected, Abrams will be the first woman and the first person of color to win governorship in Georgia. All 435 two-year seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 Senate six-year seats are contested in the 2022 midterm elections. And while those outcomes set the stage for party leaders on a federal level, a majority of legislation is settled at the state level. A gubernatorial win for Abrams will directly impact her constituents of Georgia, where she said she will continue her work to advocate for voting and minority rights. “We know that across the state of Georgia, if you are a Black or Latino worker or a woman, that the economic solutions that were supposed to have made their way to you have not made their way,” Abrams said in a video interview posted to her Facebook page. “I am going to acknowledge the fact that a lot of solutions being proposed aren’t targeting those communities.” | 8 | T H E HU B MA G A Z I N E W I N T E R 2 0 2 2
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