How a Red State Quietly Starts Turning Blue
Across Georgia, dozens of races have no Democrat on the ballot at all. Bob Herndon is out to change that—one unwinnable district at a time.
In 2022, 51 Republicans in the Georgia state house ran completely unopposed. This cycle, Fighting 50 cut that number to 22. Executive Director Bob Herndon sits down with Mike to explain how a group that started with five people on a Zoom call now backs 70 candidates—and just notched its first win when Eric Gissler flipped a red seat by 289 votes.
We get into the detention center with no water, the candidates using "states' rights" against the people who…
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