Republican Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson has cautioned his party that the early-voting numbers have left him facing a substantial deficit.
Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire healthcare executive, told reporters Monday that Republicans would need to turn out in overwhelming numbers on Election Day to prevent what he described as a humiliating defeat.
“We have a serious issue here,” he said, according to Politico.
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Jackson said the campaign had waited too long to alert supporters that the contest was at risk. “People can’t solve a problem they’re unaware of,” he said. “And I think we waited a little bit too late to say: ‘Guys, we have a problem. We can lose this race, and you cannot take it for granted.’”
More than 2.8 million Georgia voters submitted early ballots, setting a new midterm-election record for the state.
Jackson is running against former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the gubernatorial race. Bottoms, a Democrat, is seeking to make history as the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
