From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale. This is The Daily.

Today, in Georgia, two women have been locked in a close race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

What the election tells us about the future of the Democratic Party.

It's Wednesday, May 23rd.

Jonathan, tell me about the first candidate in this race.

So, Stacy Evans is a 40-year-old former state legislator.

Growing up, I didn't know there was anything unusual about it. I just thought we moved a lot.

She grew up really modest means.

I was born just outside of wringled Georgia.

My mom had me when she was 17.

And went to college on a scholarship?

Jonathan Martin covers national politics for the times.

I'd always assumed that I'd go to college, but I never thought about how I'd pay for it because we didn't have any money to do anything like that.

And is now running for governor?

I remember what it was like to grow up in a family on the edge, where you didn't know what the future might hold, or even where you might live next year.

As governor, I'll never forget that.

And what about the second candidate in this race?

Stacy Abrams, who is also a former state representative.

When I was 15, my parents were both admitted to Emory University to become Methodist Ministers.

So, they packed up our family and we moved from Mississippi to Georgia.

My parents had a car, a used car, that got us across Alabama and died a couple of months later.

44 years old and a former small business owner now running for governor.

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