Penny Brown Reynolds Wins Georgia Secretary of State Runoff, Defeating Dana Barrett
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 17
Penny Brown Reynolds Wins Georgia Secretary of State Runoff, Defeating Dana Barrett
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 17
Summary
Penny Brown Reynolds won Georgia’s Democratic runoff for secretary of state, defeating Fulton County commissioner Dana Barrett to become the party’s nominee for the state’s top elections post.
Reynolds is a former judge and senior Biden administration civil rights official, and the race drew unusual attention because the next secretary of state is likely to oversee Georgia’s selection of new voting equipment.
The office carries added political weight after Republican Brad Raffensperger resisted Donald Trump’s bid to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election result; Trump allies later vilified him, and he finished a distant third in last month’s GOP governor primary.
Barrett had tried to sharpen election-security issues in the runoff, calling the FBI’s January raid on Fulton County election headquarters a “sham” after agents sought 2020 ballots and other materials.
November’s general election will decide who succeeds Raffensperger in the first open race for the office since 2018, when he narrowly beat Democrat John Barrow.