Before I tell you what I am about to tell you, I need to tell you this: Back in 2001, as incumbent Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes was gearing up for a second term, a know-it-all columnist wrote, “I hear people say Roy Barnes will have a tough reelection. Forget it. Roy Barnes will easily win a second term.” Oops.

Despite leading all the pre-election polls and outspending his opponent 6-1, Barnes lost to a relatively unknown state senator from Bonaire named Sonny Perdue, making Perdue the state’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction. So much for that know-it-all columnist knowing it all.

It is with that proviso I note that former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has announced he is running for governor in 2026 — as a Democrat. And entering the Republican gubernatorial primary is Geo

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