Republican Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson has cautioned fellow party members that his campaign is facing a significant disadvantage after the state’s early-voting period.
Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire healthcare executive, told reporters Monday that Republicans would need an exceptionally strong turnout on Election Day to prevent what he described as a potentially embarrassing defeat.
“We have a serious issue here,” he said, according to Politico.
Jackson argued that his campaign had waited too long to alert voters to the stakes, saying people cannot address a problem they do not know exists. He urged Republicans not to assume the race was safely in their favor, warning that “we can lose this race” without a major Election Day effort.
More than 2.8 million Georgia voters submitted early ballots, setting a new midterm-election record for the state.
Jackson is running against former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the gubernatorial contest. Bottoms, the Democratic nominee, is seeking to make history as the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
