The power of Trump's endorsement put to the task to the lead starts right now.

Hall's open in five states and the stakes could not be higher for the former president,

his Kingmaker status and the GOP facing its biggest challenge of the election season.

As his candidate goes head-to-head with the current governor of Georgia, who was supported

by Mike Pence, plus breaking news, a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas at least

to dead, more than a dozen children now being treated for injuries will bring you all

the latest as we get it.

And breaking news, the FBI now investigating an alleged plot to assassinate former president

George W. Bush, according to court documents, a suspect was even planning on driving to

Bush's home in Dallas.

Welcome to the lead-on-jake tap where we start with our politics lead and it is election

day in America.

Voters now heading to the polls in five states, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas and Minnesota.

A number of the contests today will test Donald Trump's grip on the Republican party and

there is no race that matters more to the former president than Georgia's gubernatorial

primaries, a race that pits his choice, former Senator David Perdue, against the incumbent

governor, Brian Camp, and make no mistake, Trump went all in on Perdue.

He begged him to run his organization for $2.5 million into Perdue's Super PAC.

He called into Perdue's tele rally just last night.

He wants to take Brian Camp, the incumbent governor, down because Camp refused to overturn

the 2020 election.

But as we have seen, oftentimes it is hard to beat an incumbent, especially one who is

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