Local elections in Georgia, particularly in the suburbs, are becoming increasingly important in shaping the nation's identity as voters and activists view them as critical fronts in the battle between Democrats and Republicans.
Stacy Skinner, a city councilwoman in John's Creek, Georgia, leaves her early voting location after casting her ballot for her reelection on Oct. 19, 2023.As she accepted an endorsement from a group called Veterans for Trump, Stacy Skinner spoke about how she got into politics because Democrats “were starting to infiltrate on the local level.”
“People have a right to know who they’re voting for,” said Betsy Kramer, a Republican Party volunteer who is backing Skinner in Johns Creek, which is about 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta in Fulton County. “I’m not voting for a Democrat,” Kramer said. “I’m concerned that if Democrats start taking over north Fulton, the whole area is going to change dramatically.”
Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp drew strong support here in their comfortable re-election victories last year despite furious criticism from Trump for not going along with his bid to overturn the election. Trump’s efforts are now the focus of a racketeering indictment in Fulton County. “This creates a cycle,” she said, where voter preferences, media narratives and politicians’ rhetoric become “kind of reinforcing.”
She acknowledged getting door-knocking and other help from grassroots progressive groups in Johns Creek and Democratic activists from elsewhere but said that came only after she was being attacked by Republicans. “I don’t want our city to become a hellhole. I don’t want to become Atlanta,” said Kramer, the Johns Creek Republican. She associated Georgia’s capital city with “crime” and “riff-raff,” similar to how Trump once disparaged Atlanta as “crime infested” and “falling apart.”
In nearby Roswell, City Council candidate Jason Miller said the “high-density” debate has yielded a perceived battle between “two slates.”
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