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Stacey Abrams: “We turned out 800,000 thousand people who had not previously…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 10:38

They decided a long time ago they were going to run, even if they were going to lose, because people needed to see them and hear them. And it worked. We turned out 800,000 thousand people who had not previously participated in elections. That's the first thing. Second, we flipped 14 House seats. We took ourselves from being near super minority status in the House to being competitive for actually taking the House back in this upcoming election. (10:38–10:46)

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Asserts that 800,000 new voters participated in the election due to her efforts.

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