Stacey Abrams: Georgia Democrat will not run for president in 2020

Former lawmaker who ran for governor in 2018 says she will instead focus on voting rights initiative

Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia lawmaker who energized Democratic voters as a candidate for governor last year, will not run for president in 2020 after toying with the idea publicly for several months.

Abrams announced at a speech in Las Vegas that she would instead lend her platform to a new initiative called Fair Fight 2020, which aims to end voter suppression.

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