Abrams, the 46-year-old former Georgia state house minority leader who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018 and registered some 800,000 voters in the state, has played an instrumental role in building a new, Democratic coalition that helped turn red Georgia into a political battleground.
Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate in Georgia for the U.S. Senate, in Atlanta this week
According to 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, Georgia's population was
57.8% White (51.8% Non-Hispanic White and 5.9% Hispanic White),
31.9% Black or African American,
4.1% Asian,
3.0% Some Other Race,
0.4% Native American and Alaskan Native,
0.1% Pacific Islander and
2.7% from two or more races.
As the state has gotten more diverse with the growth of the Atlanta metropolitan area, margins of victory for Republicans have significantly decreased in recent times. During the 2018 Midterm elections, Republicans lost 10 State House seats
Originally having members who were conservative Southern Democrats, for over a century, the Democratic Party dominated Georgia state and local politics. From 1872 to 2002, the Democratic Party controlled the Governor's Mansion, both houses of the state legislature and most statewide offices.
In 1976, Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter (1971-1975) was elected the 39th President of the United States.
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