Kemp Defeats Trump Pick Perdue in Georgia GOP Governor Race
Governor will face Stacey Abrams in November’s elections Win bolsters his position that 2020 election results were fair
By Brett Pulley May 24, 2022, 7:44 PM CDT | Updated on May 24, 2022, 9:12 PM CDT
Governor Brian Kemp won Georgia’s Republican primary, dealing a blow to former President Donald Trump, who incessantly criticized the incumbent for refusing to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Trump’s hand-picked choice, former US Senator David Perdue, was defeated by Kemp in Tuesday’s election, according to the Associated Press. With about a third of the votes counted, Kemp had 73% of the votes while Perdue had 22.4%, according to the AP.
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