John F. King

But all bets are off this cycle.

Yeah, I would say that John King is also a very well-liked guy.

He's up against Democrat Keisha Shawn Waits, who is a former Atlanta City Council member, former state representative.

But she's run quite a bit for a lot of different offices, so we've seen her pop up before.

So that's been an interesting issue for me to learn about as I've been covering that race.

Yeah.

And I know Democrats are trying to channel frustration and and just outrage over rising insurance rates against insurance commissioner John King.

And he's saying, look, I agree.

Brian Strickland for AG is fantastic.

John King insurance commissioner.

Uh, he probably should have been the Senate nominee.

Frankly, he's phenomenal guy.

And I think the Republicans, we need to make sure that the base shows up.

And I can't see anybody else who is more passionate about energizing the base than President Trump, said Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John King, who's up for reelection this year.

Yeah, he needs that.

State Senator Brian Strickland, the Republican candidate for Attorney General, who Trump endorsed in July, told reporters in Atlanta he thinks messaging will be more important than the messenger.

So Collins and Jackson will be there.

So will Insurance Commissioner John King.

Other top Republicans, according to Greg's reporting, have been more tight-lipped about their plans.

Obviously, if you are in a purplish district, you might not want to tie yourself too close to the president.

Secretary of State, uh, Tim Fleming, I've done campaign events for him and for Brian Strickland, who's running for attorney general.

Of course, John King's one of my favorite politicians in the state of Georgia, up for re-election as insurance commissioner.

Uh, you got just, uh, Tyler Harper for ag commissioner.

So many.

Tuesday's debates cover school superintendent, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, labor commissioner, and the United States Senate.

The candidates include Richards Woods and Lydia Powell, Tyler Harper and Katherine Juhon Arnold, John King and Keisha Waits, Barbara Rivera Holmes and Nikki Porcher, and Mike Collins and John

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One, that it would be this close, but two, that, uh, T- Talarico could win and it may not even be close.

Based again on frustration primarily with the White House, but also a belief that Ken Paxton is a very flawed nominee and that John Cornyn, the incumbent senator who Donald Trump also chased out during the primary-

Right

... would have easily won re-election.

...

but the, the headwinds for the Republicans are so strong and then Paxton's such a bad candidate.

Remember, uh, Beto O'Rourke was running against an incumbent, John Cornyn.

Um, correct?