Derek Dooley didn't vote for years. Now he wants Georgia voters to send him to Washington
ABC News
Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders
ATLANTA -- Lots of candidates pitch themselves as political outsiders. Derek Dooley goes a step further. Not only is the former football coach running for the first time, he says he did not vote for nearly two decades.
He did not vote when Republican Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016. Nor did he vote in 2020, when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
But Dooley does not worry about that as he seeks the Republican nomination to face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia. He insists Washington needs someone with a fresh outlook, someone who is not focused on “their own political career or their political ambitions.”
Besides, lots of people do not vote, and Dooley told The Associated Press that he wants to inspire more people to do so.
“If you’re not vigilant in exercising that right, things can go pretty sideways in our country,” he said.
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