Stacey Abrams just announced a 2022 run for Georgia governor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Abrams is a political powerhouse and staunch advocate for the people who began her work in politics when she was elected to the Georgia General Assembly in the House of Representatives, later making history as the first woman and first Black person to serve as House Minority Leader in 2010.
She would go on to begin fighting against voter suppression in 2014 with the launch of the New Georgia Project, whose aim was to get Black Georgians registered to vote in the midterm elections. She went on to make a historic run for Georgia governor, losing by less than 1.4 percentage points in 2018 to now Gov. Brian Kemp. Instead of walking away, she doubled down by refocusing her efforts on voting advocacy, becoming a pivotal figure in turning red states blue through grassroots voting registration efforts, and the launch of Fair Fight Action. For her work, Abrams was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
“After witnessing the gross mismanagement of the 2018 election by the Secretary of State’s office, Abrams launched Fair Fight to ensure every American has a voice in our election system through programs such as Fair Fight 2020, an initiative to fund and train voter protection teams in 20 battleground states,” a statement viat the website reads.
