Middle Georgia Regional Airport reopened Tuesday after bomb squad officers found no hazardous device in a suspicious object inside a vending machine.
A canine unit detected the object during a security sweep ahead of Brad Raffensperger's 10 a.m. campaign stop, prompting a law-enforcement response and temporary airport closure.
Raffensperger's team said the "active threat" delayed its "Standing for Georgia" fly-around event, which was scheduled to continue to Columbus, Valdosta, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta.
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said no patrons were inside the airport, and the incident came as Georgia's secretary of state campaigns for governor in the Republican primary.
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