Politics & Government

Hillary Clinton In Atlanta on Friday

Georgia continues to be the focus of White House hopefuls from both parties.

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Fresh off her South Carolina and Nevada presidential primary wins, Hillary Clinton will be in Atlanta on Friday.

Clinton’s campaign is calling the event a grassroots, get-out-the-vote drive, reports the AJC.

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Her appearance comes less than a week after GOP frontrunner Donald Trump held a campaign rally at the Georgia World Congress Center, and only two weeks after her Democrat rival, Bernie Sanders, spoke to thousands of students at Morehouse College.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be holding a town hall in Sandy Springs on Tuesday.

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On Monday night, Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign office officially opened in Atlanta, reports GeorgiaPOL. And there have been rumors that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will be appearing in Georgia before the SEC Primary on March 1.

Clinton has a solid, 52-point lead over Sanders in a recent Channel 2 Action News poll conducted by Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone.

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