The president was asked in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday whether his deportation policies went too far. “I think it might be too tough,” he said.
The Democrat was leading the race for a district when officials realized there were missing votes from a single memory card. Now the Republican has the edge.
Representative Gerald Greene, the Republican incumbent, appeared to be in the lead after the votes in the memory card had been accounted for, said Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, in a statement on Friday.
The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.
After last week’s midterm losses, the Republican Party entered its most uncertain moment in years. Some Republicans called for moderation and cleaning house, but that will be difficult with President Trump still in the White House.
For a decade, President Trump has controlled the G.O.P. with an iron grip, remaking Republicanism in his MAGA image with little tolerance for dissenting views.