anyone can get this disease, but one community may be more at risk right now. thank you so much for joining us. it is election day in america. voters are heading to the polls in five states today. much of the attention right now is on georgia. the key battleground state in 2020, sure to be important in 2024, and right now it is a test of donald trump s sway with american voters. the represent can primary for governor is its current governor, brian kemp, versus former senator david perdue. it s also basically turning into a mike pence versus donald trump matchup as well. and in the final minutes, there is a question today of what is david perdue trying to do, really, on camera making racist remarks about the democratic candidate in this race, stacey abrams. let s get to it, let s start there. kristen holmes is live in atlanta for us. kristen, early voter turnout has been huge and today is the day. reporter: this is huge. it has become a proxy war between the maga election
sick and tired of us putting weak people in washington representing you and they re not doing it. in november we re not just going to see a red wave. we re going to see a tsunami. i ve been pushing to take the republican party in a different direction. that s why i got in here. i could not sit back and watch this train reck happen. my motto of one georgia is not a gimmick. it is a guarantee. i m confident about my chances tomorrow. and because i stood on the truth. let s begin the hour right there. democracy at work as we speak. polls open in georgia, texas, alabama, arkansas, minnesota. all holding primary or runoff elections. two trump grudge matches here in georgia. they get the most attention, but the power of the bush brand tested in a texas runoff. we ll get clues about the shifting politics of abortion rights from a house runoff in southwest texas. i hope you ll stay with us throughout the day. this race here, this georgia republican primary for governor