Turnout will be a critical metric that Democratic and Republican operatives will watch closely for early indications of what to expect in November.
Voters in five states are casting ballots Tuesday in primary elections amid nationwide protests over racial discrimination and a pandemic that has killed more than 111,000 people in the U.S.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be counting on high participation from voters as he seeks to defeat President Donald Trump.Trump fumes after CNN poll finds 7-point drop in approval in one month, Biden leading by 14After two postponements due to the coronavirus outbreak, Georgia voters have been waiting to cast their ballots in the primary originally scheduled for March 24.
The top race to watch is among the Democrats vying to take on Sen. David Perdue in the fall. The contenders in that race are Jon Ossoff, a former journalist who lost a close, and expensive, special congressional election in 2017; former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson; former candidate for lieutenant governor Sarah Riggs Amico; former ACLU of Georgia head Maya Dillard Smith; Air Force veteran James Knox and former state Senate candidate Marckeith DeJesus.
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