GA-LG: Campaign video targeting 'sharia law' draws a new candidate (D) to Georgia's lieutenant governor race

The race to become the next leader of the Georgia Senate heated up this week as one candidate’s incendiary campaign video drew criticism from both sides of the aisle and another lawmaker made a last-minute entry into the race.

The ad, released earlier this week by state Sen. Greg Dolezal, depicted Muslims terrorizing white Georgia residents and ended with the message “keep Georgia sharia free.” Dolezal, a Cumming Republican who is running for lieutenant governor, characterized Muslims as “invaders who would rather pillage our generosity than assimilate,” in the caption of the video.

The ad received immediate backlash, particularly from Georgia’s Muslim lawmakers, who denounced it as hateful, racist and Islamophobic. .....

Duluth Democrat Sen. Nabilah Parkes had previously announced her campaign for Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire, seeking to unseat incumbent Commissioner John King, a Republican. But on the second to last day of qualifying she switched lanes, filing paperwork to run for lieutenant governor instead.




https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/03/05/campaign-video-targeting-sharia-law-draws-a-muslim-candidate-to-georgias-lieutenant-governor-race/