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What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, DC | CNN Politics

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, DC | CNN Politics

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp survived President Donald Trump’s bid to oust him in a Republican primary four years ago. Kemp’s hand-picked candidate in a Senate primary on Tuesday might not be as lucky. Peach State voters are casting their ballots Tuesday in two key Republican primary runoffs: choosing who will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in what will be one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races in November, and picking a nominee in the governor’s race, where Trump and term-limited Kemp are aligned. The state is the focal point on a day in which voters in Washington, DC, will effectively choose their next mayor, those in deep-red Alabama and Oklahoma will pick nominees in major races and one California congressional district could fill a vacancy. Here’s what to watch in Tuesday’s primaries. In the Georgia GOP Senate primary runoff to take on Ossoff, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, Trump on Sunday endorsed Rep. Mike Collins, while Kemp has backed former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley. It’s turned the contest into a proxy battle between Trump and Kemp, whose political rivalry dates to the governor’s refusal

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