The Republican primary to select Georgia’s next Secretary of State just gained another challenger as former Democrat-turned-Republican Vernon Jones entered the race.

Jones, who has served in local and state elective office, announced Monday that he is running to succeed Brad Raffensperger as head of the agency that oversees elections and business licensing.

“Georgia deserves a Secretary of State who will protect every legal vote and restore trust in our elections,” Jones said in a statement circulated on X.

Jones served as a Democrat in the Georgia state House twice, the first time in the 1990s and then in the 2010s.

In between, he won election twice as the leader of DeKalb County government, serving CEO for eight years in the 2000s.

After leaving that role, Jones ran an unsuccessful

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