Launched TUESDAY November 22, 2022: 'ARMED AND GAY': THE MAN WHO COST GEORGIA MILLIONS by award winning ZUMA photojournalist ROBIN RAYNE. U.S. Senate candidate for Georgia, CHASE OLIVER, 37, Libertarian Party, won only 2.1 percent of the vote, yet Chase could decide who wins the U.S. Senate seat. Chase played the spoiler in Georgia, because of an antiquated law of 50% plus 1 requirement to win a statewide election. That law caused a runoff for December 6th of the Senate seat between incumbent Senator Warnock and NFL legend Herschel Walker. A proud Oliver said 'For a mere 10 thousand dollars, I threw a quarter a billion campaign into chaos for a month.' Welcome to 'ARMED AND GAY': THE MAN WHO COST GEORGIA MILLIONS'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #864: Launched TUESDAY November 22, 2022: 'ARMED AND GAY': THE MAN WHO COST GEORGIA MILLIONS by award winning ZUMA photojournalist ROBIN RAYNE. U.S. Senate candidate for Georgia, CHASE OLIVER, 37, Libertarian Party, won only 2.1 percent of the vote, yet Chase could decide who wins the U.S. Senate seat. Chase played the spoiler in Georgia, because of an antiquated law of 50% plus 1 requirement to win a statewide election. That law caused a runoff for December 6th of the Senate seat between incumbent Senator Warnock and NFL legend Herschel Walker. A proud Oliver said 'For a mere 10 thousand dollars, I threw a quarter a billion campaign into chaos for a month.' Welcome to 'ARMED AND GAY': THE MAN WHO COST GEORGIA MILLIONS'

CHASE OLIVER, Libertarian Party candidate for Georgia in his basement office that doubled as a two-person volunteer campaign staff headquarters.
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CHASE OLIVER with his favorite flag, with LGBTQ Pride colors and a 'Don't Tread on Me' design, popular with conservative voters, and his grandfather's police Smith and Wesson revolver. 'I'm armed and gay,' said Oliver, who supports the second amendment. Oliver received just under 3 percent of the midterm vote, preventing Walker and Warnock from securing 50 percent plus one vote, Georgia's rule for statewide elections. 'Sometimes you have to break something or show why it's broken in order to provide that solution,' he said.
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CHASE OLIVER, the Libertarian Party candidate for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Warnock, succeeded in his mission to highlight broken election rules in the state that forced a runoff election Dec. 6 between Warnock and Republican challenger Walker.
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CHASE OLIVER with his scratched, dented and duct-taped 2010 Toyota Corolla that also served as his campaign car. 'No big bus for me,' he said.
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CHASE OLIVER loads campaign signs into his 2010 Toyota Corolla that served as his campaign car.
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CHASE OLIVER with his scratched, dented and duct-taped 2010 Toyota Corolla that also served as his campaign car. 'No big bus for me,' he said.
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Senator from Georgia, RAPHAEL WARNOCK, center, debates Libertarian candidate CHASE OLIVER in the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young General Election Debate Series held at the studios of Georgia Public Broadcasting. The Republican candidate, Herschel Walker, declined the invitation to participate.
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November 6, 2021, Marietta, Georgia, USA: University of Georgia football legend HERSHEL WALKER speaks to Cobb County Republicans. Right Image: August 30, 2022, Newnan, Georgia, USA: Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK (R-GA) speaks with supporters in the small town of Newman in Central Georgia.
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CHASE OLIVER, Libertarian Party candidate for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat in his basement office that doubled as his campaign office, with his 12-year-old dog Delilah.
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