Republican Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson says he is facing a significant early-voting deficit in the race for governor.
Jackson, a 72-year-old billionaire health care 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.
“People can’t solve a problem they’re unaware of. 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,’” Jackson said.
More than 2.8 million Georgia voters cast early ballots, setting a new midterm-election record for the state.
Jackson is running against former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the gubernatorial contest. Bottoms, a Democrat, is seeking to become the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history.
