Georgia Republican Brian Kemp steps down from overseeing his still-contested gubernatorial race

Brian Kemp.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp has resigned as Georgia's secretary of state, he announced Thursday.

As the state's top election official, Kemp faced pressure to step down as he took on Democrat Stacey Abrams in Georgia's too-close-to-call gubernatorial race. But he remained in office through Election Day, only leaving to move forward with the gubernatorial transition, The Washington Post writes, since he has declared victory in the still-contested race.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.