When she laid out her vision, this idea that we were going to add a million people to the voter rolls,

I told people I had 33 reasons why this would never work.

She had like 34 reasons why it is would never work.

She had like 34 reasons why it absolutely would work and she was right as usual.

This is Inseuufat,

CEO of the New Georgia Project, talking about a chance encounter in 2014.

A mutual friend said, you know, are you coming home for the holidays?

And I was like, yes, of course.

She said, I would love for you to meet this state rep.

Her name is Stacy Abrams, she's always some incredible things,

and I think you guys need to connect.

And I was such an asshole.

Like, I don't, I'm really coming home to hang with my family. I don't really need any new friends.

Like there's just a lot, you know. And then she was like, no, you guys should really have brunch.

And I was like, well, you should have led with that. Of course I have brunch with this random state representative because that is the national pastime in Atlanta.

We had brunch on New Year's Day in 2014. I had packed my truck by August,

drove the 24 hours from Ottawa and Canada where I was living at the time back home to Atlanta and now we are here

where we are today. Today Georgia looks very different than it did on New Year's

day in 2014.

Surrounded by five states that went red,

Georgia's a blue state for the first time since 1992.

To understand this shift, journalists, pundits, and everyday Americans have rightfully reflected on Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial election.

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