Georgia Republican primary voters on Tuesday rejected former president Donald Trump’s attempt to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp for refusing to join his fight to try to overturn the 2020 election results, as Kemp easily defeated challenger David Perdue for their party’s gubernatorial nomination.
The race between Kemp and Perdue, a former senator, unfolded over the past five months as the highest-profile test of Trump’s pull in this year’s primaries on behalf of candidates running heavily on his false claims that the election was stolen from him. He personally recruited Perdue and actively promoted his candidacy against Kemp. Trump has despised Kemp since the governor certified President Joe Biden’s win in the state.
“Even in the middle of a tough primary, conservatives across our state didn’t listen to the noise. They didn’t get distracted,” Kemp said in remarks to supporters after Perdue conceded.
The governor didn’t mention Trump by name but instead bragged about his record of reopening Georgia during the pandemic and attacked Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams.
“Georgia would be just one variant away from lockdowns, government mandates, schools shuttered and businesses closed,” he said.
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