Republicans hope Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, is vulnerable to attack over her personal finances. : The campaign for governor of Georgia is a supersaturated microcosm of American politics right now, offering the starkest possible choice between irreconcilable visions of the country’s future. The Democrat, Stacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House, aims to become the first African-American woman governor in American history. She seeks to harness her Southern state’s changing demographics, assembling a coalition of minority voters and white urban and suburban liberals.