Why Donald Trump cares *so* much about Georgia
CNN
Donald Trump's recruitment of former Sen. David Perdue to take on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in next year's Republican primary is part of a broader effort by the former president to install loyalists in the state with an eye not just on 2022 but the possibility of his re-run for the White House in 2024.
Perdue is the crown jewel of this strategy, a former senator and successful businessman who narrowly lost a runoff race to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) in January. Trump had been encouraging Perdue to get into the race for months.
"Are you going to run for governor, David Perdue?" he asked the former Senator at a rally in September, adding that Perdue was a "great guy."
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