Georgia governor's debate highlights voters's top concerns

While much of the focus this midterm season is on congressional races, there are also 36 states across the country holding elections for governor. One of those is Georgia, a purple state where the former Democratic mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Republican businessman Rick Jackson held their first and only televised debate. Liz Landers reports.

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While much of the focus this midterm season is on congressional races, there are also 36 states across the country holding elections for governor.

One of those is Georgia, a purple state where former Democratic Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican businessman Rick Jackson held their first and only televised debate last night.

So, Liz, tell us more about these candidates and the issues they discussed in last night's debate.

Well, this governor's race is between this billionaire businessman, Rick Jackson, and the one-term mayor here former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta.

Throughout the debate, Bottoms tried to tie Jackson to President Trump. Here is one of those instances.

Rick Jackson (R), Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate: I don't owe anybody anything. Nobody's ever told me what to do. My number one priority is Georgians. It's you. And I will stand up to anybody.

Jackson, for his part, did not mention President Trump by name, instead likening himself to the current Republican governor, Brian Kemp.

This was a Republican watch party for the Fulton County GOP. Of course, everybody there was a big Rick Jackson fan and supporter. And I asked people what they liked about him. They said that they love his background as a businessman, think that he can bring more business opportunities, lower taxes here to Georgia, and also that he's not a politician, a seasoned politician.

Rick Jackson is blanketing the airwaves. And if you have been watching TV in the Atlanta area, like we have in the last day or so, Geoff, you're seeing how much money he is spending. He has a huge money advantage also going into this general.

So let's zoom out a bit. What's the state of play nationally in the other governor's races?