Two Trump‑Backed Contenders Tighten Grip on Georgia Governor Battle

“I’ll do it for the people of Georgia,” one candidate declared, headset clipped to a phone in a bustling convention hall. The words set a tone all too familiar in the state’s sprawling political arena. A hard‑knuckled pledge, a straight‑edge promise that whispered at the threshold of the fall races. And yet, the message that reverberated beyond the auditorium floor was that the only real competition for the governor’s office would be a former Atlanta mayor stepping into the spotlight alongside the nation’s top critics.