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Another Georgia lawmaker running for Collins' US House seat

Dave Schechter
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Atlanta Jewish Times

A third Republican state lawmaker has entered the race for a heavily conservative Georgia congressional seat, two weeks after Republican Rep. Doug Collins announced he's running for U.S. Senate. Collins said in January that he's challenging recently appointed GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a special election in November. That provides an opening for Republicans looking to take Collins' current seat representing Georgia’s heavily conservative 9th congressional district. Republican state Rep. Matt Gurtler of Tiger tweeted on Wednesday that he planned to run. State Sen. John Wilkinson of Toccoa and State Rep. Kevin Tanner of Dawsonville are also running for the seat.

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