From the WSJ, which is paywalled:

Five years ago, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was banished to the political wilderness. 

Donald Trump blamed the mild-mannered election chief for his narrow 2020 Georgia defeat, branding him a RINO (Republican in Name Only), “incompetent and strange.” Death threats poured in. GOP senators demanded he resign for reaffirming, after recounts and audits, that Trump lost the battleground state.

The attacks stunned Raffensperger, a businessman and devout Christian who came late to public life. One consultant dubbed him “Dead Brad Walking.” 

Yet something unexpected happened on the way to his demise: He not only survived, winning re-election in 2022, but has become a serious contender in Georgia politics.

Now Raffensperger, 70 years old, a multimillionaire construction magnate, is considering a run for higher office next year, likely for governor to replace term-limited GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, or U.S. Senate to challenge Democrat John Ossoff. A May Cygnal poll found Raffensperger slightly ahead of Ossoff in a theoretical matchup, with other declared or potential GOP candidates trailing Ossoff.