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Politics
Greg Bluestein

What a fish fry, a Democratic bash and Ted Cruz tell us about Georgia politics

ATLANTA — In a series of fiery speeches at the party's convention in Columbus, Stacey Abrams and other Georgia Democrats pledged to complete their "unfinished business" this midterm by flipping other top state offices.

The same Saturday, leading Republicans traveled to a fish fry in Perry, one of the birthplaces of the modern GOP renaissance. It was this fertile territory, Gov. Brian Kemp reminded his audience, where Sonny Perdue's rise to political power blossomed two decades ago.

And in Buckhead, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz headlined a super PAC's "Together for Truth" conference before a legion of conservatives who were pummeled with the message that the November midterm was a referendum on President Joe Biden's agenda.

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