ATLANTA — No state has been at the center of Donald Trump's obsession with overturning his 2020 election defeat so much as Georgia. And Tuesday's primary results offered more of a rebuke than an embrace of his attempt to reshape the state GOP.
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue was demolished by Gov. Brian Kemp despite making his allegiance to Trump — and his false claim that the election was "rigged and stolen" — the defining message of his campaign.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously resisted Trump's demand to "find" enough votes to reverse his defeat, notched a surprise victory over U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, who earned the former president's blessing after he voted to block the confirmation of Electoral College votes to seal Joe Biden's win.
