criminal illegals and take them home myself. >> reporter: georgia's gubernatorial candidates opposites. >> we can repeal campus carry. >> i own guns. no one's taking away. >> reporter: this race is about more than the future of the peach state. it's become a microcosm of the political divide in america. >> this is a warp-up act for america in georgia. >> reporter: a political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. >> democrats want to desperately prove that georgia is a ballot ground state in a way it's not been in a few decades. republicans want to do everything they can to fortify georgia in the red column. >> reporter: no democrat has won a major statewide election in georgia since 2000. despite that, abrams believes the math works. >> i'm going to talk to the millions of democratic leaning voters and those disaffected republicans who want to see something else and those independent thinkers who haven't