Georgia Dems pick former AG candidate Bailey to lead party back to win column

Charlie Bailey, a former attorney general and lieutenant governor candidate, was elected as chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia Saturday, replacing Atlanta U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams.

Bailey becomes the Democratic Party of Georgia’s first full-time chair as the party intensifies its efforts to fundraise and campaign for candidates and reenergize a base after setbacks following the 2020 historic elections for U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House looms large as Georgia Democrats look ahead, which fueled questions about the role of party leadership in winning close elections. Trump’s narrow Georgia win played a key role in his return to the White House this year.

In Saturday’s runoff election to lead Georgia Democrats, Bailey won 53% of the votes, with a margin of 116 votes to 98 votes, over Wendy Davis, a former Rome city commissioner and 2022 candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.



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