ATLANTA—Voters by the hundreds danced along to a marching band routine at the Cobb Convention Center in Atlanta to kick off a rally for Democratic Party candidates in the midterm elections.
The most significant races for Democrats include the governorship and the state’s U.S. senate seat. Incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is seeking to hold his seat against Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), while former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms is on the gubernatorial ticket against billionaire Rick Jackson.
“Keisha, Keisha, Keisha … Ossoff, Ossoff, Ossoff,” the crowd chanted before the Democratic contenders took the stage.
Bottoms and Ossoff hammered President Donald Trump and administration officials, and accused their respective opponents of being puppets for the president. At times, attendees in the crowd shouted out expletives about Trump, Vice President JD Vance, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio….