good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. in georgia, president trump s grudge match against brian kemp, who refused to go along with trump s georgia 2020 conspiracy theory, could produce a big setback for the former president. trump s hand-picked candidate to challenge the sitting governor, former senator david purdue is trailing far behind. in another twist, trump vice president mike pence, a possible 2024 competitor himself, campaigned with kemp last night. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. if kemp should win, it s a rematch with stacey abrams who lost narrowly to kemp in 2018. the former president s other big push in georgia is for congressman hice to unseat brad raffensperger, who in a phone call famously repeatedly refused to, quote, find the 11,780 votes that trump needed to win georgia. the call has prompted a grand
unless he can pull a rabbit out of the hat tonight, he could suffer a big defeat statewide in texas. he went against his own family last time and endorsed president trump. let s talk about alabama, steve. what s going on with brooks there? you mentioned that. what an interesting dynamic. he began this race as you mentioned with the endorsement of donald trump. fell behind in the polling. fell behind mike durant, brent, was running in third. that s when donald trump withdrew his endorsement. since that moment, as you see, this is the average of the polling, he moved back up ahead of durant, into second place. alabama, a runoff state. if nobody gets to 50% tonight, then the top two would go to a runoff. vaughan hillyard has been reporting that last night, mike durant said, if brooks makes the
environment of uncertainty, that will obtain further drags on women s exercise of their rights. the twigger the trigger laws come in idaho and moves to the east, another a swath of states across the deep south. women who are looking for states where abortion remains legal will have to travel extensively, imposing greater burdens on women who have less financial means. kim, as we have noted, minority women overwhelmingly will bear the brunt of this. let s talk about alabama, where joyce is. non-white women make up 35% of the population. nearly 70% of those receiving abortions, for those looking, you can see texas 59% of the population, 74% of those receiving abortions. talk about that impact and how it uniquely impacts those women of color, particularly in southern states or those states