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Longtime Georgia businessman and Florida A&M University Trustee Thomas Dortch has died. His death has sparked an outpouring of condolences from leaders in Atlanta and Tallahassee.

Businesswoman to the senate. they wanted to name a vocal critic of impeachment. instead, victor blackwell live in atlanta with more. this is seen by many as an act of defiance against president trump. >> reporter: it is. longtime georgia senator john new isaacson is retiring ended of the year. the president had wanted him to name congressman doug collins who we'll hear a lot from today at that judiciary hearing. that's not going to happen. but the reaction from georgia republicans, republicans across the country to the georgia governor's pick has been stunning. we are just a few hours out from...

Collins is not ruling out challenging lefler in 2020. >> that'll be a decision we have to make at that point. >> reporter: well, of course any change to the senate comes in the context of the bending trial of the president. the impeachment hearings we're seeing today. one, there's no indication that she would side with democrats or even cast a vote in that. but to give an idea how this is going over here in georgia, the board of the georgia young republicans voted unanimously according to the atlanta journal constitution to support the lefler pick. the spokesperson said unity sometimes means s...

Election rules would force lefler to run for the senate next year meaning both georgia senate seats will be on the ticket in november. but in a time when crossing the president could mean dire political consequences, kemp is still expected to choose lefler. mitch mcconnell is throwing his full support behind that decision. >> sounds like the governor of georgia made a terrific appointment. she will be an incumbent republican senator. we will be behind her. everything i've heard about her is extremely -- i think she's going to be terrific. >> reporter: but many conservative groups do not think ...