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Burt Jones, Rick Jackson advance to GOP runoff for Georgia governor Skip to content NOWCAST WXII 12 News at 11pm Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local Breaking National News Politics Investigate Entertainment Health News We Love Get the Facts Project Community Pet of the Week Upload Weather Radar Alerts Skycams Closings Map Room Hurricanes Forecasting Our Future Traffic Politics Sports High School Sports Olympics Vital Signs Contests Advertise with WXII12 Advertise with The Triad CW About News Team Contact Titan TV Guide Triad CW MeTV Internships Editorials Very Local Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rick Jackson advance to Republican runoff for Georgia governor Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rick Jackson advance to Republican runoff for Georgia governor Look, for 14, for 14 years, those SOBs in Washington tried to buy my vote. They, they couldn't buy it. Why did this, why did the race get so expensive? Because they decided to buy the seat. And it, and it got really expensive for him. Look, um, They used, they used *** lot of dirty tricks, but we stayed the course. We did not, we didn't bend *** knee. We didn't throw *** foul ball. We didn't do any of those things. We didn't kneecap anybody. There were, we had lots of opportunities to try *** lot of stuff like that, and we never did it. We ran *** clean race. Updated: 9:32 PM EDT May 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press Advertisement Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rick Jackson advance to Republican runoff for Georgia governor Updated: 9:32 PM EDT May 19, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson have advanced to the June 16 Republican runoff for Georgia governor, extending a bruising campaign battle.President Donald Trump endorsed Jones last year, and a Jones win would boost Trump's influence in a critical battleground state. The president's kingmaker record in Georgia had been shaky, failing to dislodge Gov. Brian Kemp and others in 2022 and backing Herschel Walker in a Senate loss that year.The Republican nominee will try to hold onto the governor's office for the party, which has won every election to the post since 2002.Democratic voters are also considering who should lead the party's effort to win the governor's office. The candidates include Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor; Geoff Duncan, a Republican-turned-Democrat who served as lieutenant governor; Jason Esteves, a former state senator; and Mike Thurmond, a former state labor commissioner.Meanwhile, Georgia Republicans are looking for a challenger to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in Tuesday's primary. Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter are playing up their conservative records on Capitol Hill, while former college football coach Derek

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