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On polling, ad buys, endorsements (and those not being made): Melita Easters weighs in on GA races
Melita Easters, executive director at the Georgia WIN List, joined The Ron Show Monday.
PLUS: the on-and-off again (brief) mifepristone mail ban. Melita shares her thoughts on that, as well.
Four days ago, I’m complaining there isn’t enough polling on the Democratic gubernatorial race in Georgia, and since then we have two new polls out, and the only consistency among them (and all of them) is that former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms enjoys a still-healthy lead, but if there is to be a run-off, it’s clearly between three candidates: Mike Thurmond, Jason Esteves and Geoff Duncan.
On to discuss that race, who’s endorsements do and don’t matter, who has the budget and buys to be a factor and more, Georgia WIN List executive director Melita Easters.
The notably mentioned her organization only endorsing one statewide candidate in the primary season thus far, incidentally – that of Tanya Miller for attorney general.
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