GA-SD48: Georgia Senate race gets tense as candidates spar over negative campaign mailers
The race for a state Senate seat representing parts of Forsyth, Fulton and Gwinnett counties has turned contentious, with both candidates saying their opponent represents the worst in partisan politics.
It was already a competitive legislative seat, with Democrats looking to Forsyth as an opportunity to expand their coalition and Republicans aiming to maintain the county as a GOP stronghold. But in recent weeks, the animosity has become even more pronounced as negative campaign mailers have struck a chord.
Peach State Values, a political action committee that supports Senate Republicans, sent out mailers earlier this month claiming Ashwin Ramaswami solicited private information about students at a local high school.
“If you or your teenager is approached inappropriately by creepy Ashwin Ramaswami, call the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office,” one campaign mailer states, according to images reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Ramaswami (D) called the mailers “antidemocratic fearmongering” and said he had requested students’ names to organize a voter registration drive and find ways “to get more young people involved in politics.”
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