The Republican primary for governor was decided early Tuesday evening. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not overturning the 2020 election results. Kemp’s victory on Tuesday sets up another general election race against Democrat Stacey Abrams, who was unopposed in her primary.
The November rematch of their 2018 contest is likely to be one of the nation’s most expensive and closely watched.
Representative Houston Gaines was in Atlanta with the governor as the results came in.