Candidates for Georgia governor crisscrossed the state Friday as they try to convince undecided voters to cast their votes for them.
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Channel 2’s Richard Elliot reports on where both the Republican and Democratic candidates spent the day.
Most people don’t know how many miles and how many hours candidates spend on the road campaigning.
Democratic candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms was in south Georgia Friday.
Republican for governor Rick Jackson crisscrossed the south metro area including in Newnan.
Jackson took to the stage at a lumber supplier in Coweta County Friday trying to convince Newnan Republicans to get out and vote.
“And I’m going to try, since you’re standing, I’m going to try to be briefer than my two and half hour stump speech,” he said.
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The latest AJC poll shows Jackson and his Bottoms deadlocked in the race for governor, with 8% of voters still undecided.
Republicans are worried that many of their voters will stay home so Jackson is crisscrossing the state appealing to the base to get to the polls.
Just this week, he was in Rabun County and the north Georgia mountains.
“So basically, I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your support. I really would not only like your vote and to tell other people to vote, but I’d like your prayers as well,” Jackson said.
Meanwhile, Bottoms was in south Georgia, trying to convince voters to get to the polls and cast their ballot for her.
Thursday, she visited the Latin American Association to court Latino and Hispanic voters.
“So a candidate will not win in the state without the support of the Hispanic communities,” Bottoms said.
She also acknowledged that the winner will be the candidate who can turn out their base in greater numbers.
“This is going to be a turnout game. We know that the AJC poll just had us tie, essentially within the margin of error. So we know its going to be about who can turn out people to vote,” Bottoms said.
She was in Thomasville Friday.
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