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Raffensperger’s reelection campaign may be one of the major indicators for what direction the Republicans are heading post-Trump. It will also test the idea the former president can take down his critics from the 2020 election.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll in January Raffensperger is the most popular Republican in Georgia. He is supposedly more popular than Kemp or Trump. And he has added a number of Democrats as fans.

Georgia Republicans have Questions for Raffensperger 

Some are still claiming Raffensperger has plenty of time to turn things around. But the Georgia Republican Party isn’t sitting quietly on the sidelines.

The state executive committee sent a public call-out to Raffensperger. They requested him to repudiate his staff for misquoting a January 2 phone call with Trump. Tapes confirm Trump was asking a Georgia elections official to look for  “dishonesty” in the vote.

The party claims the Secretary of State “dodged repeated attempts” by committee members to discuss the issue.

Officially, Raffensperger's responsibilities have been legally downsized. On March 25th, the Republican-controlled state legislature enacted a law, signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, removing the secretary of state as the chairman of the state election board chair. The state legislature will approve the next person to assume the role.

The law puts control of the five-person board in the hands of the state legislature. The law also enables the state election board the right to suspend county election officials.

Raffensperger Opposes H.R. 1

Raffensperger joins the chorus of Republicans opposing H.R. 1, or the For the People Act, congressional Democrats' legislation drastically remakes most aspects of federal elections.  And he writes in an op-ed in USA Today which says the bill makes "reckless demands of Georgia’s elections system."

Raffensperger is publicly critical of what he claims are Trump’s falsehoods in the 2020 election. In his op-ed, he calls out Democrat Stacey Abrams for the same rhetoric. He said, "a federal takeover would make future elections dysfunctional. It would also fuel baseless claims of stolen elections from people like Stacey Abrams.”

Congressman Jody Hice of Georgia has announced he will challenge Raffensperger. Trump instantly endorsed him.

Hice isn't Raffensperger's only primary challenger. David Belle Isle, former mayor of Alpharetta lost to Raffensperger in a 2018 runoff for the nomination. He announced another run in 2022. Additionally, Democrats are lining up for a general election claim.