AJC:
Almost eight years after being ousted by Sonny Perdue and becoming the first Democrat to lose a governor's race to a Republican in modern Georgia history, Barnes overwhelmed a field of six other Democrats Tuesday.
Now Barnes can raise money and bide his time, waiting for Republican voters to decide in the Aug. 10 runoff whom he will face in November.
"Tonight is the beginning to take our state back from the lobbyists and the special interests," Barnes told a crowd of about 300 cheering supporters in Atlanta. "This is the end of building fish ponds and not paying teachers. This is the end of passing legislation that makes us the laughingstock of the nation.
"It's time, my friends, to make Georgia work again."
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