Georgia Campaigns Keep Up Pressure Ahead of Runoff Vote

Posted April 25, 2017

External Article: The Hill

Richard Barke, associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, was quoted in “Georgia Campaigns Keep Up Pressure Ahead of Runoff Vote” by The Hill.

Excerpt:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared to deliver Ossoff a blow last week when he said he didn’t know whether Ossoff is a progressive. But Ossoff brushed off the slight, and Sanders later endorsed him — although the former Democratic presidential candidate still didn’t call Ossoff a progressive.

“To the degree he can move to the middle and sustain a positive message, that will be helpful,” said Richard Barke, a political science professor at Georgia Tech.

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