Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor's race is heating up with Gov. Nathan Deal and Democrat Jason Carter attacking each other over education with more than four months to go before the election.
Deal's campaign began airing two new TV ads Thursday accusing Carter, a state senator from Atlanta, of playing politics by voting against the governor's budget this year, arguing it included the single largest increase in K-12 education funding in seven years.
Deal, speaking with reporters, noted Carter had voted for three previous budgets and said it's disingenuous to say he's the one who cut education spending.
Carter has responded with an online ad accusing Deal of caring about education only in an election year and shorting schools the funding they needed in previous years, resulting in fewer teachers in the classroom.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
