
Rich Businessman Outspends Trump's Pick in Georgia Governor Race
Rick Jackson, a healthcare businessman, spent his own $100 million to defeat the candidate endorsed by Donald Trump in Georgia's June Republican primary runoff. The race shows that massive spending can beat a president's backing—at least among Republican voters. But Jackson's real challenge is ahead: winning over independent voters and Democrats in the general election using a strategy that relied on flooding the airwaves with ads.
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