2 attorneys (D) launch campaigns challenging GOP-appointed justices on Georgia's highest court
Two prominent attorneys have launched campaigns for the Georgia Supreme Court, challenging two sitting justices who were originally appointed by former Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
Former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, a personal injury attorney and former president of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, stood together Tuesday at Liberty Plaza outside the state Capitol. The two left-leaning candidates pledged to protect basic rights that they argued are under attack.
Jordan is challenging Presiding Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren, and Rankin will take on Justice Charlie Bethel. Warren and Bethel were both appointed to the court in 2018 and then reelected to a six-year term in 2020. Bethel served as a GOP state senator from north Georgia before joining the bench.
Im not just going to sit down and do nothing because someone has to stand up for Georgias civil liberties that are being stripped away, Rankin said.
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