Brian Kemp
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Brian Kemp is running as a Republican in the state of Georgia. Brian Kemp is a Challenger in the U.S. Governor/Gubernatorial race. Brian Kemp is running against Stacey Abrams in the U.S. Governor/Gubernatorial race. See our U.S. Governor/Gubernatorial race map and our Georgia Governor/Gubernatorial state map.
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Brian Porter Kemp is an American businessman and politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since January 2019. He was the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to 2018 and a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 until 2007.
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David Perdue · AtlantaGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the state's Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams this fall in what will be one of the nation's most closely watched governor's races. Kemp emerged as a powerful fundraiser with a list of conservative accomplishments to blunt Trump's opposition.See the Story
Kemp wins Georgia GOP gov’s race in stinging rebuke of Trump
43% Center coverage: 61 sources
US & Canada · AtlantaFormer President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries Tuesday despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.See the Story
Midterms: Takeaways from Tuesday's U.S. primary elections
60% Center coverage: 38 sources
David Perdue · AtlantaKemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of the 2018 governor's race. Perdue conceded at about 8:30 p.m., when results showed Kemp beating him by about a 3-to-1 margin. Kemp, a relative political newcomer, was propelled to victory in 2018 with Trump's support.See the Story
Kemp, Perdue duel could end with Georgia's GOP primary
39% Center coverage: 28 sources
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US & Canada · AtlantaFormer Sen. David Perdue conceded around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Kemp was dominant in early returns from Tuesday's primary, outpacing Perdue by 50 percentage points. Perdue vowed to "fully" support Kemp in his general election race against Stacey Abrams.See the Story
Stacey Abrams wins Democratic nomination for Georgia governor
52% Left coverage: 29 sources
David Perdue · AtlantaFormer Vice President Mike Pence made an appearance in Georgia on the eve of the state's primary election. His appearance was an implicit rebuke of former running mate Donald Trump, who has endorsed Kemp's primary opponent, David Perdue. Kemp is leading in recent public polls, but Tuesday's election will proceed to a runoff if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote.See the Story
Pence: Voting for Kemp sends ‘deafening message’ that GOP is the future
44% Left coverage: 16 sources
Donald Trump · GeorgiaGov. Brian Kemp of Georgia easily dispatched Donald Trump's hand-picked challenger. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams this fall in what will be one of the nation's most consequential governor's races. The GOP results, combined with the loss of the Trump-backed candidate for secretary of state, served as a stinging rebuke for the former president.See the Story
Donald Trump rebuked with stinging losses in Georgia primary contests
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US & CanadaStacey Abrams and Brian Kemp will face off in Georgia's governor's race. Kemp is eager to tie Abrams to President Joe Biden in this year's rematch. A new Georgia state law allows individuals to make unlimited contributions to Kemp and Abrams. Georgia politics, once sleepy and Republican-dominated, have never settled down since 2018.See the Story
Abrams-Kemp slugfest promises to be pricey, long and ugly
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David PerdueDavid Perdue, an ex-senator, challenged incumbent Brian Kemp in the Republican primaries. Kemp had rejected Mr Trump's pleas to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results. Mr Perdue was so far behind that he was defeated before half the votes were in. The result sets up a general election rematch between Mr Kemp and Democratic candidate Stacy Abrams.See the Story
Georgia primaries: Trump-backed Perdue trounced by Pence's pick
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Donald TrumpGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp has written and executed the playbook for extinguishing Donald Trump's fury in a Republican primary. Kemp dispatched with a Trump-backed rival who promised to do more to prevent what the former President has falsely claimed was a stolen election in Georgia. Trump's mission to elect more reliable allies on overturning his defeat in 2020 clearly failed.See the Story
How Brian Kemp wrote the GOP playbook for subduing Trump's election fury
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School ShootingSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will speak Friday at the NRA convention in Texas. The governor's office says she had planned to speak prior to the Uvalde, Texas, shooting. The shooting killed at least 21 people, including 19 children and two teachers. In South Dakota, candidates often tout their standing with the NRA as a selling point.See the Story
Texas shooting: America's gun control debate that never goes away
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David PerdueThe Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Subscribe...See the Story
[Opinion] Morning Digest: Georgia incumbents fend off Trump's Big Lie slate in Tuesday Republican primaries
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Opinion · GeorgiaGeorgia Republican primary voters on Tuesday rejected former president Donald Trump's attempt to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp. Kemp easily defeated challenger David Perdue for their party's gubernatorial nomination. Kemp's was the highest profile test yet of Trump's pull in this year's primaries on behalf of candidates running heavily on his false claims.See the Story
Georgia Republicans Soundly Reject Trump’s Meddling
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David PerdueGov. Brian Kemp captured renomination for a second term Tuesday, defeating former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in the Republican primary without the need for a runoff.See the Story
Kemp tops Perdue, wins GOP gubernatorial nod without runoff
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Brian KempNow that we’ve had a bit more time since Tuesday’s primary to unpack these results, here are a few more takeaways.See the Story
The Jolt: Gov. Brian Kemp landslide boosts GOP outlook for November
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Donald TrumpGeorgia Democrats believe the friction between Trump and Kemp will help Abrams in November. Republicans said Gov. Brian Kemp prevailed because he ran his own race on his own record. Trump has lost some primary races but his views and his aggressiveness are practically Republican orthodoxy. Georgia's wild primary election got even wilder this week when Trump targets Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.See the Story
Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp a 'turncoat' and fought to defeat him. Here's why he won anyway.
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