Georgia candidate for governor targeted with threat ahead of bomb scare, campaign says

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, has faced threats after publicly disputing President Trump’s false claims that he won the state in 2020.

ATLANTA — Brad Raffensperger, a Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, said Tuesday there was an “active threat” near a planned campaign event a day after, his campaign said, authorities received a message targeting him.

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A campaign spokesperson said in a statement that the Clay County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi received a multipage manifesto Monday and that the front page had a photo of Raffensperger, who is Georgia’s secretary of state, with “boom” written across his face.

Police alerted the campaign of the threat and dispatched protection for Raffensperger and his family, campaign spokesperson Ryan Mahoney said by text message, adding that it also “beefed up” security for a planned six-stop campaign tour.