sick and tired of us putting weak people in washington representing you and they re not doing it. in november we re not just going to see a red wave. we re going to see a tsunami. i ve been pushing to take the republican party in a different direction. that s why i got in here. i could not sit back and watch this train reck happen. my motto of one georgia is not a gimmick. it is a guarantee. i m confident about my chances tomorrow. and because i stood on the truth. let s begin the hour right there. democracy at work as we speak. polls open in georgia, texas, alabama, arkansas, minnesota. all holding primary or runoff elections. two trump grudge matches here in georgia. they get the most attention, but the power of the bush brand tested in a texas runoff. we ll get clues about the shifting politics of abortion rights from a house runoff in southwest texas. i hope you ll stay with us throughout the day. this race here, this georgia republican primary for governor
the battleground state of georgia, where trump hand-picked several 2020 election deniers to run for critical offices that oversee elections like secretary of state, attorney general, and governor. now, the primary race for governor is the race to watch today in georgia, incumbent brian kemp is trump s number one target in what s being called his vendetta tour. trump is on a mission to bring down republicans who refuse to go along with his 2020 election lies. he enlisted and then endorsed kemp s rival, david perdue, and headlined a tele-rally there for him yesterday. on the same day, trump s former vice president, mike pence, stumped with kemp in georgia. we have a team of correspondents covering election day in georgia, so let s start with cnn s jeff zeleny, who is reporting on governor kemp s campaign. jeff, what s the latest? reporter: alisyn, we are outside a polling location here in atlanta, and there are several hours to go until the polls close, about five more ho
does in the rest of the nation. i mean, they re growing increasingly conservative as a cycle goes by. he s texas has an independent streak with their political looders, both reason and democrat. trump has been able to step in and sort of knock that out of the way, and become the leader of the party. and it comes at a time when the bush brand, of course, and george p. bush is the heir of that. it started with the tea party movement and accelerated when trump began to dominate the republican party. we talked about this race earlier, but in the primary, the democratic congressman was not able to get above 50%. he has to run again against cisneros. a progressive against a moderate. immigration and abortion issues. i m looking at what parts of
throughout the day. this race here, this georgia republican primary for governor getting a ton of attention because brian kemp the incumbent wouldn t help donald trump cheat in november of 2020. trump convinced purdue to run in this race. this is one of the big grudge matches. one of them in georgia. if you move to senate races and pop to alabama, here s another one here. katie brit was a chief aid to the retiring republican senator s sellby. durant, the power of the trump brand in a red state. there are some others. i want to move over here to texas. move up the map a little bit and bring up texas right here. george p. bush, son of jeb. came in second to the primary. they have to have a runoff now to get to gift. that s an important race to test the bush brand. one house race in southwest texas here, this is from the
sick and tired of us putting weak people in washington representing you and they re not doing it. in november we re not just going to see a red wave. we re going to see a tsunami. i ve been pushing to take the republican party in a different direction. that s why i got in here. i could not sit back and watch this train reck happen. my motto of one georgia is not a gimmick. it is a guarantee. i m confident about my chances tomorrow. and because i stood on the truth. let s begin the hour right there. democracy at work as we speak. polls open in georgia, texas, alabama, arkansas, minnesota. all holding primary or runoff elections. two trump grudge matches here in georgia. they get the most attention, but the power of the bush brand tested in a texas runoff. we ll get clues about the shifting politics of abortion rights from a house runoff in southwest texas. i hope you ll stay with us