Georgia Democrats build a history-busting slate of women candidates

The Republican race for governor we just witnessed amounted to a testosterone-fueled buddy flick. We had mic’d-up secret agents, explosions, shotguns, roaring chain saws, giant pickup trucks, and a candidate pushed off a cliff in the final scene.

The last men standing were a battle-scarred Brian Kemp and his mysteriously summoned ally, President Donald Trump. A sequel is already in the works.

So it is worth examining the general election ticket that Georgia Democrats finished building on Tuesday. Former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams won the top spot in May, and is now running to become the first African-American woman to be elected governor in U.S. history.

But with Tuesday’s vote, we now know that the Nov. 6 ballot, in addition to Abrams, will feature 10 other female candidates for federal and statewide offices — a number unprecedented in Georgia political history.

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