Former President Jimmy Carter hugs his grandson, Jason, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Georgia governor.ATLANTA – Jason Carter took an optimistic view of his 8-point loss to incumbent Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal during an interview last week in Atlanta, two weeks after the Nov. 4 election that delivered a blow to Georgia Democrats’ hopes of getting power back in a state they once dominated.
A few things to know from Carter’s post-election interview:
‘A LOT MORE WORK’
Carter said his campaign was the victim of a national Republican wave and Georgia Democrats can’t resort to fighting among themselves about strategy. The campaign’s data showed the race was incredibly close until the final week, he said, and undecided voters “broke the other way.”
Neither Carter nor U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn got more than the 45 percent President Barack Obama won here in 2012.