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Stacey Abrams Says There’s More Work To Be Done After She Helped Turn Georgia Blue | National

January 21, 2021
While Georgia’s Senatorial run-off races earlier this month were historic, it is unlikely that the state would have turned blue without the work of former Gubernatorial candidate-turned voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. Abrams’ Fair Fight organization and ground organizing effort helped register millions of people to vote in the southern state and elect Democrats Raphael

Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams In Running For Time Magazine 2020 Person Of The Year

November 30, 2020
Two Black women are in the running for Time Magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year in a watershed year for race and politics. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams are among the names on a list of possible nominees for the annual honor, which the magazine has been handing out since

Want to flip a state blue? Stacey Abrams drops major key, and she would know

November 11, 2020
Abrams’ name trended on Twitter when President-elect Joe Biden inched ahead of President Donald Trump in Georgia, flipping a state that hasn’t backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton in 1992. And when Biden went on to be declared the next U.S. president Saturday, a crowd outside of the White House shouted “Stacey Abrams.” Not

Democrats Owe A Great Debt To Stacey Abrams For Electoral Math

November 9, 2020
The electoral math is holding. Joe Biden has the lead in Georgia. He is up by more than 9,000 votes with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Senator Chris Coons told MSNBC that Stacey Abrams brought a plan to him six years ago to flip Georgia blue: “We’ve got a very strong ground game in Georgia

Who is Stacey Abrams and how did she sway Georgia election results?

November 6, 2020
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams campaigned openly to become Joe Biden’s running mate — but despite her being passed over, many fellow Democrats credit her with what’s starting to look like a win in the Peach State. Abrams, 46, emerges from the Nov. 3 election with a boosted profile and validation of her claim that Georgia