Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022′s Republican primary for governor.
FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at Lockheed Martin on Aug. 26, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, that she will launch another campaign to take on Republican incumbent Brian Kemp, to become the nation's first Black woman governor.
Perdue’s plans to challenge Kemp were reported by multiple news organizations Sunday, starting with Politico. But Kemp is promising an all-out brawl as he tries to win a second term, with Kemp spokesperson Cody Hall saying Perdue is running only to “soothe his own bruised ego” over his loss to Ossoff.As recently as June, Perdue was supporting Kemp, introducing him at the state Republican Party convention. Kemp said last week that he hoped Perdue “was a man of his word” when it came to that support.
Trump’s political action committee claimed earlier that Perdue could beat Kemp in a Republican primary if he had Trump's endorsement. At a Sept. 25 rally in Perry, Georgia, Trump pointed out Perdue among a clutch of Republican leaders.Some Republicans fear a bitter Perdue-Kemp primary will set the stage for an Abrams victory. Republican state Sen. Chuck Hufstetler of Rome wrote in a tweet that Perdue’s entry is “Good news for Stacey Abrams. Bad news for Republicans.
But he seemed to circle back to hard feelings over Trump's electoral loss, saying Biden won in a “questioned election.” In fact, courts and state election officials across the country found no grounds to question the validity of Biden's victory. Abrams has no declared opponents on the Democratic side. Her narrow loss to Kemp in 2018 vaulted her to national fame as a voting rights activist and leader of her party.
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