Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams Just Ruled Out One More 2020 Race

By Christianna Silva


Stacey Abrams, the 2018 Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia who electrified voters, reported on Tuesday that she would not run for Senate in 2020, despite Democrats aggressively courting her to run against David Perdue, one of President Trump’s closest allies in Congress and the Republican incumbent for a Georgia senate seat.


“I am so grateful for all the support and encouragement I have obtained from fellow Georgians, to leaders of Congress and beyond,” she mentioned in a video posted to Twitter that reported her decision. “However the fights to be waged need a deep commitment to the job, and I never visualize the U.S. Senate because the perfect role for me in this battle for our nation’s future.”


Abrams was more than just the Democratic preference to beat Perdue in 2020 – she’s also been floated as a potential presidential candidate and possible pick for vice president. According to ABC News, she’d rather run for executive office before running for a legislative seat. She even told Politico in March that she may wait up until fall to declare her candidacy, however she denied reports that she was planning to sign on as Joe Biden’s running mate. She did not confirm or deny a potential White Home run in her April 30 video.


Abrams also told Politico that mentioned she was considering running for Georgia governor again in 2022, which she didn’t deny in her announcement video, either. When she ultimately lost the 2018 election to then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp, she ran an exceedingly efficient campaign and narrowed the gap between the Democratic and Republican candidates to the closest it had been in years in the state. She became referred to as a leader in the party, particularly for connecting with people of color, the New York Times announced at the time. Immediately after her loss, which was some activists claim was due to voter suppression in the state, she founded the voting rights categorize Fight Fair Action, which promotes fair elections and combats voter suppression.


While Abrams didn’t specify which elected office she could be running for in 2020, if any, she emphasized that she plans to live in the political arena and throw her support beyond any Democrat who does run for Senate against Perdue.


“Let me be clear: I plan to do everything in my power to make sure that Georgia elects a Democrat To the
U.S. Senate in 2020,” she mentioned in the video.


There aren’t any Democrats currently running for that senate seat, nevertheless Teresa Tomlinson, the former mayor of Columbus, Georgia, did launch an exploratory committee for a potential run.


Tomlinson, a lawyer who served because the initial executive director of MidTown Inc., A nonprofit focused on revitalizing Columbus in 2006, mentioned in a press release on Tuesday that she looks forward to working with each other with Abrams.


“I join Georgians across the state in wishing Stacey well as she considers how she can best serve her state and country,” Tomlinson mentioned in a press release, according to the Ledger-Enquirer. “While she has determined against a Senate run, Stacey helped make this a two-party state and I intend to keep working with her to turn Georgia blue in 2020.”