The 2020 presidential election remains at the center of Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary, where three top contenders who played crucial roles in either defending or challenging the state’s results are vying to succeed term-limited Governor Brian Kemp, The Hill reported.

Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, Attorney General Chris Carr, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are competing for the party’s nomination, with Jones carrying the endorsement of US President Donald Trump. Raffensperger and Carr, however, are known for rebuffing Trump’s efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s narrow win in Georgia.

The primary has become a test of whether GOP voters in the state will back a candidate for independence from Trump or prioritize loyalty to him above all else.

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