Penny Brown Reynolds declared winner for Georgia secretary of state election
With approximately 93% of the votes counted statewide, the Democratic nominee, former Fulton County judge Penny Brown Reynolds, is declared the winner with 55.6% of the vote, according to the Associated Press. Republican nominee, state Rep. Tim Fleming of Covington, loses with 44.4%, according to the AP. In Muscogee County, Reynolds is up approximately 36.1 points, AP reported. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger did not run for reelection because he chose to run for governor instead, but he lost in the Republican primary. Reynolds is best known as the host of the Daytime Emmy-winning show “ Family Court with Judge Penny. ” She later taught at Georgia State University and served in the Biden administration as a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The people are owed integrity,” Reynolds was reported as saying . Reynolds pledged to run the office like a CEO, expand voter access, protect seniors from fraud and install new voting equipment statewide. She defended mail-in voting as a crucial option for elderly, disabled and overseas voters. Fleming, a small-business owner and former chief of staff to Gov. Brian Kemp, ran on the slogan “Experience Matters.” During his campaign, he pointed to his
