It’s no secret that women have a difficult time surviving Republican primaries in Georgia. It wasn’t until 2017 that Karen Handel became the first Republican woman that Georgia had sent to Washington.
The hemorrhaging of female voters in suburban Atlanta is one reason that Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate in January. She’s had a rough four months. Much of it has been of her own making, but not all.