“You’re the preacher’s wife,” Jack stated matter-of-factly. “H-How do y-you know my n-name?” she stuttered. Please, I have to….” the woman began, but then froze. She abruptly stood up and tried to maneuver past Jack’s knees to make her escape. Actually, it was filled with panic and fear as well. The woman quickly turned her head with a startled look on her face. He took a deep breath to get his courage and made his way down the row, plopping down in the seat next to the woman. All of a sudden he didn’t care about being anonymous and got up, walked from his center seat to the aisle, and then down the aisle to the row the woman was sitting in. He watched the plot-less fucking and sucking, but kept glancing at the woman who he studied. The movie started, capturing Jack’s attention. She sat and slouched down, never looking around, evidently trying to be inconspicuous and blend in with the furniture. Jack watched as the woman awkwardly walked crablike in the row she selected until settling into the last seat - the one against the far wall.
All the buttons that ran up the front of the dress were fastened… all of them… from the hem to the neck. It wasn’t that she was not pretty, but her blonde hair was tied up in an old woman’s bun and her frumpy, plain dress had no shape, coming well below her knees. She was young, no more than mid-twenties, and very homely looking. The woman couldn’t see more than shadows since she just entered the darkness from the bright light outside, but Jack’s eyes had already adjusted. That in itself was strange, but this particular woman looked so out of place. Just then a figure caught his eye - a woman walking down the aisle.
“Why won’t the movie begin already?” he mumbled to himself. He tried not to look at the others, but he occasionally felt compelled to. The 45 year old divorced salesman sat low in his seat. So, when Jack went to the big city, he either tried to pick up women at bars or he visited the triple-X movie theaters. There were no porn theaters in his small, conservative town. The 100 mile drive was a pain, but it did have some advantages. As a traveling salesman, Jack was on one of his usual business trips to the big city. Of course the few others spread out in the dimly lit room were feeling the same way. He hated this part… sitting alone in a porn theater, self-consciously thinking that everyone was staring at him. The other candidates are: Floyd Griffin, a state senator and former mayor of the city of Milledgeville Michael Owens, former Cobb County Democratic Party chairman John Eaves, former Fulton County Commission chairman and Dee Dawkins-Haigler, a former state representative from DeKalb County.Jack Strong fidgeted in his seat waiting for the movie to start. Bee Nguyen, who occupies the seat formerly held by Democratic gubernatorial candidate and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, leads the group in fundraising and has snagged some significant endorsements. All of them have championed voting rights and criticized a sweeping election law passed by Republicans in the General Assembly in 2021 that shortened the period to request an absentee ballot, added an ID requirement, restricted drop boxes, and stripped the secretary of state of his seat on the State Election Board, among other things. On the Democratic side, five candidates are fighting for their party's nomination. Trump's obsession with his election loss and his unproven claims of widespread fraud have put a spotlight on down-ballot secretary of state races around the country.Īsked by a reporter if his victory was a direct rebuke of Trump, Raffensperger said, “No, I think it’s a direct compliment to the goodness of my fellow Georgians.” He also made prohibiting noncitizens from voting - a platform popular with conservative Republicans that is already enshrined in Georgia law - a centerpiece of his reelection campaign. Raffensperger has punched back, staunchly defending his record and insisting that Georgia's elections are fair and secure.
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