It's also ground zero in Trump's vendetta against Republicans who did not support his lies about election fraud. Trump helped recruit and clear the field for Perdue, the former senator who lost in one of those runoffs last year. He is also backing Rep. Jody Hice in his bid to oust Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who became a national figure after Trump's phone call in early January 2021 urging him to "find" enough votes to reverse Georgia's results and deliver its 16 electoral college votes to Trump.