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The Republican who memorably resisted Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his election defeat in Georgia has said he will run for re-election on a platform of integrity and truth", against an opponent who as a churchman should know better" than to advance the former president's lies.

Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, became a household name after he turned down Trump's demand that he find 11,780 votes" in order to overturn Joe Biden's win in the southern state. It was the first victory by a Democrat in a presidential race in Georgia since 1992.