Brenton Raffensperger is the late son of Bradford Jay Raffensperger, an American politician, businessman, and civil engineer, serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019.

Brad spoke about his son’s death and explained that his late son struggled with — among other things — addiction and a cancer diagnosis.

Brad Raffensperger Son Death

How did Brenton Raffensperger die? Brad’s son Brenton died of a Fentanyl overdose in 2018.

Brad also said that the experience of navigating that personal tragedy similarly helped him in his career especially after he was persuaded by Donald trump to change the vote count in Georgia in Trump’s favor.

President Donald Trump lost the election, and lost Georgia, to challenger Joe Biden and after the loss, Trump refused to accept defeat and made false claims of fraud.

As a result, Trump launched a protracted campaign to overturn the election results and keep himself in power, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

As part of this campaign, Trump made a recorded phone call on January 2, 2021, in which he attempted to persuade Brad to change the vote count in Georgia in Trump’s favor.

However, Brad resisted pressure from Trump, and claimed that the outgoing president’s claims were based on falsehoods.