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Will voters show up at polls as Black woman vies for Governor of Georgia

By Jonathan Martin and Richard Fausset, nytimes.com

Stacey Abrams hopes to become the first black woman ever elected governor in the United States.

Ms. Abrams, a former minority leader of the Georgia House, is also testing a risky campaign strategy: that a Democrat can win a statewide election in the Deep South without relying on the conservative-leaning white voters long considered essential.

“The approach of trying to create a coalition that is centered around converting Republicans has failed Democrats in the state of Georgia for the last 15 years,” Ms. Abrams said after mingling with diners in this North Georgia town.

Her rival in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, former State Representative Stacey Evans, has scorned Ms. Abrams’ strategy as unrealistic and “unhealthy for democracy.”

Read more at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/governor-georgia-primary-democrat-stacey-abrams.html

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