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Trump's Georgia candidate heads to GOP runoff for governor against billionaire businessman Jackson

President Donald Trump's endorsement wasn't enough to carry Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to outright victory in the Republican primary race to succeed term-limited conservative Gov. Brian Kemp.But the president's backing did help Jones advance to a runoff in the race for the GOP nomination in the crucial southeastern battleground state.Jones and healthcare executive and billionaire businessman Rick Jackson were the top two finishers in Tuesday's GOP gubernatorial primary in Georgia, the Associated Press reports. Since no candidate topped 50% of the vote to secure a majority, Jones and Jackson n...