We have open primaries here in Georgia, which I really love. Despite always voting for the Democrats in the general, one time, I asked for a Republican ballot in the primaries so I could vote against Ralph Reed, who was running for Lt. Governor. I am tempted to do that again this year so I can vote against Purdue, who is running against Kemp in the primaries. I just don't think I can ask for a Republican ballot without vomiting. As much as I dislike Kemp, Purdue is far worse. I think he might have actually tried to over turn the Georgia results in 2020.
The one candidate who I am excited about is Stacey Abrams, who is running for the 2nd time for governor. I have never known a more brilliant candidate than Stacey. She is a science nerd with a minor in physics, and that is an extra little bonus imo. She has motivated more people to vote than ever before in the state of Georgia. I am amazed by her intelligence and motivation. Despite how the Republicans in the state are demonizing her, the truth is that she had the respect of both parties and was known for being willing to work across the aisle when she was the minority leader in the Georgia House. Now, the Repugs are scared of her popularity, so they criticize any tiny bit of minutia they can find on her. They claim she's a socialist etc. but the truth is she's what I might refer to as a pragmatic liberal. In other words, she has ideals, but fully understands that nobody ever gets everything they want. She's extremely supportive of the LBGTQ community and their rights and thanks to her get out the vote work, Georgia currently has two Democratic senators for the first time since I moved here in the early 90s. Unless the other party is successful at suppressing the vote, I think she has a good chance of winning. She would be our first female governor and I think the first female Black governor in the country. People like Stacey don't come along very often so I'm very excited about her second run. She is a natural leader with wide spread appeal.
I will vote a straight Democratic ticket, and despite not being crazy about Warnock, I'm hoping he will win this fall. Right now, creepy, inexperienced Herschel Walker is running against him. The man has a lot of baggage, and no political experience that I know of. Do we really need a Black version of Trump? I don't know if anyone else is running in the Republican primaries.
My Congressional district is extremely gerrymandered so it's extremely rare for a Democrat to even run for that position. I usually leave that blank. I'm not familiar yet what other things will be on the ballot. We usually have several constitutional amendments to vote, but I have no idea what they will be this year. Sometimes we vote for a local 1 cent sales tax to pay for infrastructure, parks, the senior center, schools etc. I always support that. It usually passes. Even conservatives like things like parks, schools and roads.