Stacey Abrams' playbook faces a new test in second run for Georgia governor
CNN
When Stacey Abrams acknowledged defeat to Republican Brian Kemp in her 2018 campaign for governor of Georgia, she refused to call it a "concession." Four years later, the man she once described as an "architect of voter suppression" is the incumbent -- and the state she came so close to leading has enacted some of the nation's most restrictive voting laws.
Abrams is running unopposed in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary, which means her general election campaign really began in December 2021, when she announced plans to run against Kemp, who's facing a Donald Trump-backed primary threat. But Abrams' status has changed since her name was last on the ballot.
An underdog with little following outside of Georgia four years ago, the former state House minority leader is now one of the most popular Democrats in the country -- a political star some in the party wanted to run for president and a key figure in helping turn the state blue for Joe Biden in 2020 and electing Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock, who is on the ballot again this year, and Jon Ossoff in subsequent runoffs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has agreed to reschedule a planned meeting with US and Israeli officials to discuss a possible operation in Rafah, the White House confirmed Wednesday, just days after Netanyahu canceled the delegation citing the US decision not to block a United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.