“I don’t know of a single Republican that actually believes the election was rigged in 2020, yet Donald Trump has not created the permission structure for them to actually say that out loud,” Duncan said in an interview with CNN.
So how can Raffensperger win?
“I just need to continue to be Brad,” he told CNN recently between campaign stops in suburban Atlanta. “People are looking for someone who has integrity, that will do the right thing, no matter what.”
Charles Bullock, a veteran political scientist at the University of Georgia, said that’s possible. “There could be some share of the voters that say, ‘I don’t want to vote for either Jackson or Jones. They both sound like scoundrels, so Raffensperger sounds like the best bet.’”
Jay Morgan, a former executive director of the Georgia Republican Party who now runs a public affairs firm, said Raffensperger faces a tough path. A decent share of the state’s Republican electorate likely will take its cue from Trump, even if voters grow weary of the Jackson-Jones infighting, he said. And Raffensperger, he said, “is clearly the guy Trump would least like to see on the ballot.”
In interviews, some voters said they were open to Raffensperger’s ideas but not yet sold on his candidacy.
“Let’s be frank, Raffensperger is the most hated,” said Lisa Babbage, who serves as first vice chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council and listened to all four candidates at the Faith & Freedom event. “But when he told the story about his son, I couldn’t help but connect to that and truly believe that he cares.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/29/politics/brad-raffensperger-georgia-governor-republican-primary-donald-trump
