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(Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey plans to lend her star power to the quest of Georgian Democrat Stacey Abrams to become the first black governor in the United States during two appearances in the state on Thursday.
After briefly flirting earlier this year with a race at the White House in 2020, the media mogul, who for a long time associated with the causes of the Democratic Party, instead has cast his influence on a race that has become a flash point for accusations of electoral repression.
The Republican rival of Abrams, Brian Kemp, serves as Secretary of State of Georgia, role in which he oversees parliamentary elections. Earlier this month, a coalition of state civil rights groups sued Kemp, accusing it of attempting to reduce minority voter turnout in order to Improve your chances of winning. On Monday, the former US president and former Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter, asked Kemp to resign as secretary of state as he ran for governorship.
The Abrams campaign announced that she would be appearing with Winfrey in Cobb and DeKalb counties for a discussion on "the crucial value of women in leadership and issues for our communities in elections".
Winfrey, 63, stole the show at the January Golden Globe awards ceremony with a speech against sexual harassment and sexual assault. He launched an online campaign to convince him to run against US Republican President Donald Trump in the next election cycle.
"This is not something that interests me," Winfrey told InStyle magazine in January. "I met someone the other day who told me that he would help me with a campaign. It's not for me."
Winfrey could not be contacted for an immediate comment on Wednesday.
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(Report by Scott Malone, edited by Bernadette Baum)
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