Brian Jack won the Republican primary runoff election for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District and will be the overwhelming favorite to defeat his Democratic opponent in November’s election. election.
The Associated Press covered the race.
Jack and Dugan were the top two vote-getters in Georgia’s May 21 primary election, but advanced to a runoff after neither reached the 50% threshold required by state election law.
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Former Georgia Republican Sen. Mike Duggan (left) and former Trump campaign adviser Brian Jack (right). (Associated Press)
The race has grown increasingly nasty in recent weeks, with Dugan, a former state Senate Majority Leader, calling Jack, who advised former President Trump’s 2016 and 2024 campaigns, a “D.C. insider” because of the out-of-state funding his campaign receives, while Jack slammed Dugan for his past support of a 2015 transportation bill that would have increased gas taxes to fund infrastructure improvements and maintenance.
Jack is likely to become the district’s next congressman, replacing retiring Rep. Drew Ferguson, who announced last year that he would not seek reelection.
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“I’m not going to let it go,” Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) told reporters at a diner in Marietta, Ga., on May 4, 2021. Ferguson plans to retire at the end of his term next year on Dec. 14, 2023, and said he looks forward to spending more time with his family. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)
Election analysts are rating the race as “safe” or “certain” for the Republicans.
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