Rick Jackson Beats Burt Jones and Trump, Sets Up Battle With Keisha Lance Bottoms In November Rick Jackson Beats Burt Jones and Trump, Sets Up Battle With Keisha Lance Bottoms In November. Well, Rick Jackson's reported $100 million spent on the Georgia Primary has won him the prize of being the GOP representative in the November Race for Governor of Georgia. GOP Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, backed by both President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, is projected to lose the Republican runoff for Georgia governor to healthcare executive and billionaire Rick Jackson, Jackson will now face Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) in the general election, which the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report considers a “toss up.” Burt Jones was long seen as the frontrunner in the GOP race after he received an early endorsement from the president. A long-time ally of the president, Jones previously served as the Georgia co-chair for Trump’s first presidential campaign and...
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