ATLANTA—Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor in Georgia in a race that is getting national attention, sat down with The Epoch Times to discuss the campaign. In May, Georgia Secretary of State Kemp faced an uphill campaign for the Republican nomination against Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Cagle had bested Kemp in the primary with 38.9 percent versus Kemp’s 25.6 percent, but in the July 24 runoff, Kemp won going away, taking 69 percent of the vote. The week before the runoff election, President Donald Trump tweeted his “full and total endorsement” of Kemp.
Now Kemp faces Stacey Abrams, who is vying to make history as Georgia’s—and the nation’s—first black, female governor. Abrams served six years (2011-2017) as the minority leader in the Georgia house. The political contrast could not be clearer: Abrams is a progressive, while Kemp is a Trumpian conservative. Early polling shows Abrams with a two percent lead.
