Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams faced off Sun. in their second and final midterm debate.
Sun.'s debate mirrored their first face-off two weeks ago: the two clashed over abortion, voting laws and gun violence.
2020's COVID-19 lockdowns loomed large over the debate: Kemp defended his decision to lift restrictions in June, 2020.
Georgia was among the last to close and first to reopen in 2020. Abrams said Kemp's decisions led to high death rates.
The two also clashed over gun violence: Abrams said that Georgia had the "ninth highest gun violence rate in the nation."
Abrams: "Family violence with guns has gone up 18% under this governor, and his response was to weaken gun laws..."
SB 202, Georgia's 2021 voting law, was also discussed Sun. night: Kemp rejected claims that the bill suppresses the vote.
What did SB 202 do? (NYT) 🗳️Instituted new voter ID laws 🗳️Criminalized handing food/water to voters in line
Abrams: "Let’s be clear that the voter suppression that I’m talking about is being felt by Georgians every single day."
Who's leading the race so far? Per FiveThirtyEight's poll average, Kemp is leading Abrams by 6.9 points in the polls.
According to FiveThirtyEight's forecast, Kemp is "clearly favored" to win the race with a 91 in 100 chance of winning.