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Georgia Election Official Who Defied Trump Enters Governor’s Race

Brad Raffensperger, the two-term Republican secretary of state, joins a primary that also includes the state’s lieutenant governor and attorney general.

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Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, announced on Wednesday that he was running for governor.
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Former Republican Lt. Governor of Georgia Enters Governor’s Race as a Democrat

Geoff Duncan could prove to be a wild card in an election next year that will be a crucial test for Georgia’s relatively new status as a swing state.

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Geoff Duncan, former lieutenant governor of Georgia, speaking at the Democratic National Convention last year.
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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that complex, still under construction, was raided on Thursday.
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ICE Opens Immigrant Detention Center in Louisiana’s Angola Prison

Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toured the prison on Wednesday.
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