Georgia -Democrat Lucy McBath suspends 2026 Run for Governor, referring to the man’s cancer

Atlanta – Georgia US Rep. Lucy McBath announced on Monday that she suspends her exploratory bid for the Governor in 2026 and arouses uncertainty on the democratic field.

McBath can still run for Governor that year, said spokesman Jake Orvis, but she must now concentrate on the health of her husband Curtis after complications of recent cancer operation.

The celebration member of the congress, best known as a lawyer for weapon control, had submitted paper on 5 March to raise money for the governor.

McBath stays in the congress, Orvis said

Republican government Brian Kemp completes its second term and can no longer run. On the Republican side, attorney -general Chris Carr is already running For governor in 2026 and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is generally expected to walk.

Other Democrats who have explored a point are former mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms, Is Senator Jason Esteves and former Dekalb County Chief Executive Officer Michael Thurmond. Democrat Stacey AbramsThe one ran and lost to Kemp in 2018 and 2022 did not close the door during a third run.

McBath won the elections for the congress in 2018 for the first time and disappeared the Republican American representative Karen Handel to grab a seat in the northern suburbs of Atlanta that were once held in the hands of by Newt Gingrich. When the Republicans repeat the election districts after the 2020 census, McBath jumped in a primary race against colleague Democrat Carolyn Bordeaux, making her handy and elections. After a court had ordered a round of redistribution after it established that Afro -American votes were diluted, McBath shifted to a district republicans on the west side of Atlanta.

These movements mean that McBath has represented a much larger number of voters than the typical member of the congress, which could make her a stronger candidate over the entire state.

Just like Abrams, McBath would offer to become the first black female governor of an American state.

The 64-year-old McBath was in the foreground as an advocate of arms control after her 17-year-old son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed in 2012 by a white man who was angry about the loud music, the black teenager and his friends played at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida. McBath, a former stewardess, has strongly supported its political career by billionaire and former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg.

She has recommended her Support a law of 2022 That makes the background controls for the youngest buyers of weapons, keeps firearms from more perpetrators for domestic violence and helps states to perform red flag laws, making it easier for authorities to take weapons from people who are dangerous.

McBath led a group of survivors and relatives of victims of arms violence who spoke in a prime-time slot at the Democratic National Convention of 2024.