VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-16
“You have to remember, everyone on the local level was a Republican,”
John Ernst · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Ernst recalled that when Ossoff first ran, the local political landscape was overwhelmingly Republican.
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