Donald Trump spent months persuading a longtime ally to challenge Georgia s sitting Republican governor. This week, he gave David Perdue another boost, orchestrating a deal for a rival to drop his campaign and instead run for Congress with the former president's coveted endorsement.
“He said, ‘Listen, you have an opportunity. (What you could) do in the state level, you can do for this country," the candidate, Vernon Jones, said in an interview recalling his conversation with Trump “And obviously he said I would have his support, because we share the same agenda.”
