Stacey Abrams Is Just Getting Started.
Abrams shot to national attention due to her controversial race for Georgia governor last Fall. Abrams was the first African American female nominee by a major party to run for the Georgia governorship drawing fierce supporters and who went on to receive more votes than Barack Obama (who campaigned for Abrams, as did Oprah Winfrey) and Hillary Clinton did during their respective presidential campaigns in the Peach State. In the end, Abrams lost by less than 55,000 votes.
Scathed but unbroken, she has emerged as the future of the party—delivering the Democrats’ response to the State of the Union—with ever-growing calls that she seeks the highest office in the land.
Here, she opens in the April issue of Marie Claire (on newsstands March 26) about how the election results spurred her to file a federal lawsuit calling for election reform, what she represents in politics, how her heritage influences her to push past defeat, and if she will run again in 2022.
QUOTES:
On her controversial race for Georgia governor: “If we had a fair fight, we’d have won that election.”
On how her heritage allows her to push past defeat: “Part of my makeup as a black woman is, yes, you experience those things, and then you get up and do the next thing because what choice do you have?” “…your obligation is larger than your personal grief; it’s larger than your personal anger.”
On what she represents in politics: “My responsibility is progress. I may not getthe victory, but did I make gains?”
On a potential 2022 rematch for Georgia governor: “Next time, I’m gonna take it if that’s what I run for. But the next thing I go for, I’ve gotten closer [to Georgia governor] than anyone else, and there’s a joy in that.”
https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26772634/stacey-abrams-2020/