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How Gainesville Democrat, Republican put ‘community’ first over politics in their friendship

Angela Middleton, Democrat, left, and Johnny Varner, Republican, are on the opposite side politically, but they still have much in common with community projects. - photo by Scott Rogers

10302020 DIVISION 1.jpg — Angela Middleton, Democrat, left, and Johnny Varner, Republican, are on the opposite side politically, but they still have much in common with community projects. - photo by Scott Rogers

Longtime Hall County friends Angela Middleton and Johnny Varner may be political opposites, but they have found their middle ground — and they believe other Democrats and Republicans can unite as well.