Former U.S. senator David Perdue of Georgia made his plans official Monday to challenge incumbent Brian Kemp for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, launching what is widely anticipated to be an ugly and divisive race centered on Donald Trump’s loss in the state in 2020.
“Unfortunately today we are divided, and Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger are to blame,” Perdue said in a video released Monday morning, referring to the governor and also the secretary of state, two Republicans who refused Trump’s entreaties to reverse his defeat in Georgia last year. “Look, I like Brian. This isn’t personal. It’s simple. He has failed all of us and cannot win in November.”
Perdue asserted that Kemp cannot win against Democrat Stacey Abrams, the Democrat Kemp defeated in 2018 who announced her plans last week to run again. “I’m running for governor to make sure Stacey Abrams is never governor of Georgia,” he said. “Make no mistake. Abrams will smile, lie and cheat to transform Georgia into her radical vision of the state that would look more like California or New York.”
Trump has been pushing Perdue to challenge Kemp, whom Trump has blasted for not helping him overturn the 2020 election results, based on his false claims that the presidential race was stolen from him. But national Republicans have voiced dread over the idea of a primary in Georgia, particularly because Abrams faces no competition for her party’s nomination. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), who leads the Republican...
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