Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wins GOP primary, will face Stacey Abrams in November
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is the projected winner of the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, and will face off in the fall against Democrat Stacey Abrams.
Kemp, who had the support of former Vice President Mike Pence, easily defeated David Perdue in Tuesday's primary. Perdue, a onetime GOP senator, was backed by former President Donald Trump. Abrams won the Democratic primary after running unopposed.
Abrams and Kemp faced off in 2018's gubernatorial race, when Kemp was Georgia's secretary of state; he narrowly defeated Abrams, a lawyer and voting rights activist.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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