‘Beating Ossoff is not going to be easy’: Dooley and Kemp host campaign event in Cumming
Derek Dooley, Republican senatorial candidate and former college football coach, held a campaign event in Cumming, Georgia to present his "Georgia First" contract and to gain support from voters ahead of the May 19th primary election. The post ‘Beating Ossoff is not going to be easy’: Dooley and Kemp host campaign event in Cumming appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.
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CUMMING, GA. – Early voting for the upcoming midterm elections begins on Monday, April 27, and runs through Friday, May 15. For the men and women running for the many offices that will help decide the laws and way of life in Georgia, there’s no time to waste.
For former college football coach and current Republican senatorial candidate Derek Dooley, there’s no better time than now to get the word out about what he wants to do if he is elected to represent the Republican Party following the primary election on May 19. Dooley told the crowd at Tam’s Backstage, a local restaurant, that he knows they have seen plenty of television ads from his opponents.
“I don’t have $70 million to do commercials like the other guy in the other race,” said Dooley of Republican gubernatorial candidate and fellow newcomer to Georgia politics, Rick Jackson.
During the one-hour event, Dooley revealed his five-point “Georgia First” contract on Monday. Holding the paper in his left hand, while he held a microphone in his right, Dooley said he was at Tam’s Backstage in Cumming to face voters and let them know he has a plan. “There is an opportunity to win if we have the right candidate,” he said.
Dooley has been publicly endorsed by fellow University of Georgia graduate and current Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, and he knows that will not be enough to unseat popular Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in November.
“Beating Ossoff is not going to be easy,” said Dooley. “Your vote alone is not going to win us this thing. It’s going to take more.”
Another Republican candidate in this race, State Senator Mike Collins (GA-10), has been endorsed by United States President Donald Trump. Dooley understands he needs Kemp’s endorsement, a two-time winner of gubernatorial elections over a popular Democratic candidate. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp were in attendance on Monday.
“We’re here working for our friend Derek Dooley,” said Kemp, who grew up down the street from the Dooley family. “I want to win and get our Senate seat back. This is an opportunity to have the right candidate in Washington.”
Kemp has never been a fan of Ossoff and told the small crowd inside Tam’s that the senator was not a good representation of what Georgia needs in Washington.
Cheryl Chadsworth, a senior citizen and admitted regular voter, said she showed up at Tam’s to hear what Dooley had to say. She was familiar with his candidacy, but didn’t know much about his platform.
“I really want to hear what he has to say. I’m confused about some of the political standings, and I’m really hoping to get a sense of who is running for the Senate,” she said.
During his speech, Dooley mentioned that he wanted to talk to as many voters as possible, not just those in heavily Republican territory like Cumming.
“There’s not going to be a place that we won’t go. I’m going to hit every part,” Dooley said. “I’m selling who I am as someone running for office, and I think a lot of people can resonate with that.”
Dooley coached football on the collegiate and professional level for nearly three decades and likes to say he is in the “Young people business.”
“I’ve been impacting young people and families, and it didn’t matter what their race was or income was,” Dooley said. “It’s about listening to them and respecting them, and going up there and fighting for them.”
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