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The pay increase would be spread out over four years and cost more than $400 million per year, Abrams' campaign says.

ATLANTA – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is vowing to raise teacher pay in Georgia to a minimum of $50,000 a year from the current $39,092. Abrams called for fully

TUCKER, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is proposing a big teacher pay raise in her run for governor, saying Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's much-touted $5,000 across-the-board increase is not enough to recruit new teachers and retain current teachers.

Georgia has long had the highest average teacher pay in the South, but Abrams is proposing a $1.65 billion bump over four years.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is leaning into the culture wars and betting the conservative record that powered Gov. Brian Kemp to a dominant win in the Republican primary will cost him with the broader electorate in the general election in Georgia.