Libertarian May Force Runoff In Georgia Gov Race

The New York Times reports:

We’ve seen it before, we’ll see it again: A little-known candidate made a memorable appearance during a debate that was almost entirely about the others onstage. Add Georgia’s Shane Hazel to a list that includes the Rent-Is-Too-Damn-High guy and the time Jim Webb casually mentioned he killed someone.

It was a performance that often befuddled Mr. Kemp and Ms. Abrams as he made references to “Austrian economics” that few unversed in Libertarian principles would catch.

Yet Mr. Hazel could play an outsize role in the election. Georgia law requires a winner to receive at least 50 percent of the vote. If Mr. Hazel draws enough votes from the two leading candidates — and, more plausibly, from Mr. Kemp — it could force them into a December runoff and an extra month of campaigning.

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Maybe stop running shitty candidates & crying. https://t.co/GeUyxGezE7

— Shane Hazel (@ShaneTHazel) October 18, 2022

Brian and team editing out his ass whopping tonight. Don’t worry my camp has it for you. https://t.co/1yLqGbmSkr

— Shane Hazel (@ShaneTHazel) October 18, 2022

Georgia’s libertarian gubernatorial candidate, Shane Hazel, gets in on the action.

“Libertarians don’t believe in any gun laws. We believe that you know how to best protect you and your property. And the biggest mass murderer in history is government…” pic.twitter.com/SBPng38DL6

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 17, 2022