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Yu challenges Allen within GOP
Race underway for 12th District seat in Congress
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Eugene Yu, seen during a Friday visit to Statesboro, qualified this week for his second run for Congress in two years. Hes now an in-party challenger to Rep. Rick Allen, R-12th District. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
Eugene Yu of Augusta, qualified last week to run as a challenger to U.S. Rep. Rick Allen within the Republican Party. The race will be decided in the May 24 primary, and the winner will face one of two Democratic candidates in the Nov. 8 general election. Allen captured the district from former Rep. John Barrow, a Democrat, in 2014.
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