Brian Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, captured the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, easily dispatching the preferred candidate of the state party establishment after a series of provocative ads that evoked President Trump’s incendiary politics and a well-timed endorsement from the president himself.
Mr. Kemp now faces Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee, in a November general election that will test whether this rapidly changing Southern state prefers a Trump-style conservative or a progressive black woman.
“This is the state of Georgia: We are a red state,” Mr. Kemp told jubilant supporters in his hometown of Athens, as he quickly linked Ms. Abrams to Hillary Clinton, Representative Nancy Pelosi and a host of other national Democrats. “And for that matter, we don’t need the radical left telling us how to live, worship and raise our family.”
According to results from The Associated Press, Mr. Kemp held a nearly 40-point lead in Tuesday’s runoff over his opponent, Casey Cagle, the state’s lieutenant governor.
ht/ jc lady
Incendiary???
GFY. Hows that for incendiary?
Setting bad guy’s asses and progressives’ hair on fire
is my kind of incendiary.
Good job Mr. Kemp! May you prevail in the general this fall.
the pendulum swings.
The local polls showed this race to be within the margin of error just this week with Cagle down by about 3 points to Kemp. This was a real blowout and I’m sure Trump’s endorsement helped some, but these polls were nowhere near accurate. I’m sure they’ll have the general election race with his democrat opponent (Stacy Abrams, a typical socialist) as being neck and neck too. Hopefully, it will be just as large a blowout for Kemp.
nationwide polls already have democrats retaking house.
pardon me while i snicker knowingly
You will never see a poll anywhere near being accurate from duh left.
Casey Cagle? The Weekly Top 40 guy? Isn’t he dead?
“Casey Cagle? The Weekly Top 40 guy? Isn’t he dead?”
Not on Sunday mornings………………..
Casey Cagle gives me the creeps. Always has. I think he would say or do anything that he thinks would further his interests.
Cagle is a long time Rino, the citizens of Georgia are glad the lights came back on.