Brenton Raffensperger passed away in 2018 at the age of 29. The Memo: Republicans worry DeSantis has erred in Disney feud, McDaniel says party autopsy for 2022 shows independents didnt break for GOP, Ramaswamy says he wont let Trump dodge debates, Watch live: White House monkeypox response team holds briefing, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. When asked why he didn't quit, Raffensperger said he . "[43][44], In March 2021, the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill, which was signed into law by Kemp, that removed the position of state election board chair from the Georgia Secretary of State's duties. I dont want to say theres zero chance, but at this point right now, its nearly impossible to find anyone in the party who supports the reelection of [Raffensperger], he said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This is not acceptable behavior to threaten the wives, the children, the family of people that work for the government or even the government workers, Tricia Raffensperger told CNNs Erin Burnett. The group, which also supports members of Congress who voted to impeach Trump, said the Raffensperger race was its biggest investment so far. Family of Georgia's secretary of state was still getting death - CNN Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Advertisement Brenton Raffensperger is the late son of Bradford Jay Raffensperger, an American politician, businessman, and civil engineer, serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019. Raphael Warnock. This and other threatening messages first came to light after new reporting into the harassment many elections officials have lived with since Donald Trump lost Georgia in November. [22] The number of Latinos eligible to vote in Georgia has expanded and turnout percentage has increased since 2016, exceeding countrywide participation rates of that ethnicity said Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO's executive director. [1][10][11] In the state House, Raffensperger sponsored legislation to bar county officials from personally profiting from tax liens. He gained notoriety as a result of the outcome of the official U.S. presidential race in 2020. ", Trump said: "There's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, you've recalculated even if you cut them in half, cut them in half and cut them in half again, it's more votes than we need. It crystallized, I would say, in early December, when we started to see a shift with the voters that we were meeting on the ground, said Jordan Fuchs, a longtime top aide to Raffensperger. Closer to home, Raffensperger failed this past weekend to get Republicans in his own precinct to elect him as a delegate to his countys upcoming Republican Party convention, said Stewart Bragg, executive director of the Georgia Republican Party. But the super PAC pitched a message that went after prominent Democrats instead of Hice, which polling found had virtually no name ID outside his congressional district, Hunter said. At the same time, Raffensperger has been harshly critical of the falsehoods about the 2020 election promoted by Trump and embraced by Hice, saying voters will punish Hice because of it. According to a few online stories, Brenton Raffensperger was generally addicted to drugs and was sent out to recover better. Brenton Raffensperger, Brad Raffensperger's son, passed away at age 38 in 2018 due to a fentanyl shortage. Trump claimed that roughly 5,000 dead people in Georgia voted.
