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Stacey Abrams is running against history

Stacey Abrams is running against history

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Stacey Abrams wants to make history again. After losing the Georgia
governor's race to Brian Kemp back in 2018, Abrams — the first
Black woman to be a major party's gubernatorial candidate — spent
four years coalition building across the state. Now she's back,
armed with a national reputation, the experience of running for
statewide office and a fresh determination to defend her state from
voter suppression. Will it be enough to make her the country's
first Black woman governor?

In her debut as the new host of It's Been a Minute, Brittany Luse
talks to Abrams herself — about the power and pitfalls of being an
icon; how she deals with criticism from inside her own party; and
what it will take to shift the politics of the Deep South.

Brittany also brings on Christina Greer, political scientist at
Fordham University, to discuss Abrams' strategy and how the former
minority leader mirrors other Black women politicians who made
history.

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