Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on September 28 that she is running for governor of Georgia against Rick Jackson. She says Jackson skipped six debates and spent almost $100 million on TV, and she calls his 14 to 19 percent loan to a failing Alabama hospital loan sharking. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released October 23 shows her winning independent voters. She has also called for a moratorium on new data center construction, with Georgia now leading the country in new builds. Voter registration closes October 5 and early voting starts October 13, with hundreds of thousands purged from the rolls.