Brad Raffensperger
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 68 |
| Date of birth | May 18,1955 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Job | Civil engineer |
| Education | Western University |
| Georgia State University | |
| Official site | bradforgeorgia.com |
| Spouse | Tricia Raffensperger |
| Position | Georgia Secretary of State |
| Georgia Secretary of State since 2019 | |
| Children | Brenton Jay Raffensperger |
| Full name | Bradford Jay Raffensperger |
| Books | Integrity Counts |
| Previous position | Georgia State Representative (2015–2019) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 591079 |
Brad Raffensperger Life story
Bradford Jay Raffensperger is an American politician, businessman, and civil engineer, serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50.
Fentanyl-laced envelopes sent to US election officials
... Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger described the letters as " domestic terrorism" that " needs to be condemned"...
Who are the 18 others charged alongside Donald Trump in Georgia?
... He is alleged to have tried to pressure a chief investigator to speed up signature verification in Fulton County and to have been involved in a phone call in which Mr Trump tried to persuade Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden s victory in the state...
Donald Trump election probe court files criminal charges
... In January 2021, Mr Trump was recorded on a phone call asking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" 11,780 votes, the number he would have required to beat Mr Biden in that state...
Donald Trump: Former president to make first speech since federal charges announced
... Officials in the state are currently looking into whether Mr Trump broke the law when he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" the exact number of votes he needed to flip the vote in his favour...
Kari Lake defeat: Did democracy win in US midterms?
... In Georgia, Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger - who resisted pressure from Donald Trump to overturn the result in their state - were easily re-elected as governor and secretary of state...
Midterms: The conspiracy theorists who want to to control elections
... The position of secretary of state was highlighted in 2020 when a recording emerged of Mr Trump asking Brad Raffensperger in Georgia to " find" 11,780 votes to overcome his margin of defeat in the state...
US midterms: 'America's elections could turn really nasty'
... Trump fully understands the significance of this post - on 2 January 2021 he famously called Georgia s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, and urged the Republican to " find" him an extra 11,780 votes so that Trump could win the state...
Georgia primaries: Trump-backed Perdue trounced by Pence's pick
... Georgia s top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, also refused Mr Trump s entreaties at the time, and is also up for re-election on Tuesday...
Georgia primaries: Trump-backed Perdue trounced by Pence's pick
Donald Trump 's grip on the Republican Party suffered a slip after his handpicked candidate for Georgia governor was trounced at the polls.
Mr Trump recruited David Perdue , an ex-senator, to challenge incumbent Brian Kemp in the Republican primaries.
Mr Kemp had rejected Mr Trump's pleas to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results.
But as ballots were counted, Mr Perdue was So Far behind that he was defeated before half the votes were in.
The result sets up a general election rematch between Mr Kemp and Democratic candidate Stacy Abrams, who had accused the Republican of suppressing votes in her previous tilt at The Governor 's seat in 2018.
Allegations of unfair voting practices are likely to emerge again in the crucial state, where a highly competitive Senate race is also due to take place in November.
Democrats wrested The State 's two Senate seats from Republicans in 2021 - including one from Mr Perdue - to gain a slim majority in the upper chamber of the US Congress.
However, one senator, Raphael Warnock , must now defend his post against Herschel Walker , a well-known former American Football player, who is also backed by Mr Trump.
But The Governor 's race was seen as the bigger test of the former president's clout.
Mr Kemp, a staunch conservative, drew the former president's ire after he certified that his state had been won by Joe Biden in 2020. Mr Trump had alleged that there were 11,000 votes for him to be found which would reverse the result, but The Governor disagreed.
Georgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger , also refused Mr Trump's entreaties at The Time , and is also up for re-election on Tuesday.
Mr Trump's claims that the election had been " stolen" from him has become a divisive issue within The Party , splitting " establishment" Republicans from Trump populists, even dividing the former president's own administration members.
In the primary, Mr Kemp was backed by Mr Trump's former deputy, Vice-President Mike Pence .
Source of news: bbc.com
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