I'm Patricia Murphy. I'm a writer for the Daily Beast. I'm in Atlanta, Georgia, and I've

been reporting on the Georgia Governor's race. And that's a pretty good one, right? It looks

like it's going to be exciting and historic either way. So it's historic because Dacey Abrams,

who is the Democratic nominee, is the first woman of color to be a nominee for a statewide election

like the Governor's race in Georgia. The race itself is also a lot closer than many Governor's races

that we've seen in recent years. The Republican Party has really dominated statewide elections

since 2002. And this is really the closest Governor's race or statewide election that we've seen

in some time. Tell me a bit more about Dacey Abrams, her background, her policies, all that.

Dacey Abrams was a minority leader in the Georgia State House, the highest ranking African-American

official in the state. She's a well-known quantity in the state of Georgia and has chosen in this

race to diverge from past Democratic nominees for Governor. Most of the time is when you see somebody

running statewide in Georgia, especially for the Governor's office. It's sort of a battle between

two centrist and she's a very outspoken progressive. By electing a progressive in 2018, we can prevent

another decade of gerrymandering, expand Medicaid, decriminalize poverty, and protect voting rights.

And that's just the beginning. She's a really just no kidding progressive, I would say. And so that's

different for the state as well. Tell me about the guy standing in the other corner, Brian Camp.

So, Brian Camp is a conservative Republican. He has been the Secretary of State since 2010,

elected in 2010 rather. During the course of the Republican nominating process,

Camp came blazing out of the gates with a television ad that most of your listeners have probably seen.

It was him polishing his rifle next to a teenage boy and he was joking with him about dating his daughter.

I'm Brian Camp. This is Jake. Two things if you go and date one of my daughters. Respect,

man. A healthy appreciation for the Second Amendment, sir.

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