Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) threatened Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia after he refused to appoint Trump's choice to fill the state's US Senate vacancy.
Republicans Are At Each Other’s Throats After Georgia Governor Defies Trump
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Defies Trump On Senate Appointment
Trump was looking for a reliable vote against conviction at his impeachment trial, but Gov. Brian Kemp will defy him.
A Defiant Stacey Abrams Says ‘I’m Going to Run Again’
Democrat Stacey Abrams, who lost a heated and controversial Georgia governor’s race against Republican Brian Kemp, has announced that she will definitely run for public office again.
“Yes, I’m going to run again,” she told an enthusiastic crowd at Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit” in Laguna Niguel, Calif. “What it is I’m going to run for I haven’t decided yet. Stay tuned.”
Cummings Wants Brian Kemp To Testify About Voter Suppression
The incoming chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, has his sights set on Brian Kemp, the Republican governor-elect of Georgia.
Before using widespread voter suppression tactics to cheat in his race against Democrat Stacey Abrams, Kemp was the Georgia Secretary of State. This position put him in charge of the elections for the entire state. And he used this position well — for his own advantage.
Stacey Abrams Sues Georgia Election Officials to Fix Broken System
A new political action committee (PAC) backed by Georgia’s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia election officials. The suit is requesting that a judge order that extensive problems in the state’s election system be fixed.
Abrams Files New Lawsuit in Georgia; Hopes to Force Runoff
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has filed a new lawsuit as she continues to try to force a runoff in the too-close-to-call election which has made national news.
In the lawsuit, filed Sunday, Abrams is trying to stop two counties from rejecting absentee ballots and provisional with minor mistakes, according to The Washington Post.
Georgia’s Tight Governor Race Points Out Kemp’s Voter Suppression
Republican Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp is demanding that his opponent, Democrat Stacey Abrams, concede in a race where all of the votes have not yet been counted.
Prominent civil rights groups, as well as Democrats all over the country, are urging her to stay in the fight.
Georgia Officials Kept Nearly 2,000 Voting Machines Locked in Storage
Nearly two thousand working voting machines sat unused across metropolitan Atlanta on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of African American voters suffered through extraordinarily long lines at the polls. In many cases they were forced to wait in line several hours in order to vote.
Hacking allegation shows peril of Georgia Republican Kemp’s twin election roles
"It looks pretty suspicious, and I would say that regardless of which party it was," said Alan Abramowitz, a professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta. "It's just one more example of the kinds of problems that can occur when the person who is in charge of running the elections in the state is not only a partisan elected official but is a party's candidate for the highest office in the state."
Racist Robocalls Are Targeting Oprah and Stacey Abrams in Georgia
Georgia Republican governor candidate Brian Kemp really didn’t need any outside help to make him appear racist. He was doing that very well all by himself.
However over the weekend Kemp got some help anyway, as a white supremacist group that targeted Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum with racist robocalls began targeting Kemp’s opponent, Georgia Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams.
Georgia NAACP Files Complaint Alleging Stacey Abrams Votes Being Counted For Brian Kemp
The Georgia NAACP has filed a complaint against Sec. of State Brian Kemp alleging that votes for Democrat Stacey Abrams are being counted for Kemp in the governor's race.
Stacey Abrams Is Tied With Brian Kemp As Democrats Rise In Georgia
A new poll shows that Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams is tied with Republican Brian Kemp in Georgia.
Stacey Abrams Crushes Brian Kemp In Georgia Governor Debate
Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams was ready for all of Republican Brian Kemp's attacks, and she showed why Republicans are so afraid that she will win in November.
Brian Kemp Busted In Leaked Audio Worrying About Georgia Minorities Voting
Republican Sec. of State and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp was caught in a massive conflict of interest as secret audio recorded him worrying about minorities in Georgia voting.
Georgia GOP Election Rigging Gets Worse as 107,000 Voters Purged
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp purged 107,000 voters in a single day in 2017 under the state's use it or lose it law.
Republicans in Georgia Have Created a Blue Monster
Voter suppression has been a flash point in the Georgia governor’s race, where Democrat Stacey Abrams would become the first African American woman governor of any state if she beats Republican secretary of state Brian Kemp.
Georgia GOP Senator David Perdue Steals Phone From a Student
Georgia Senator David Perdue has created a new controversy in Georgia politics after he attempted to avoid a college student’s question by ripping the student’s cellphone out of his hand in the midst of a video recording.
Voting Rights Group Sues GOP Brian Kemp for Boosting His Campaign by Depressing Minority Votes
U.S. voting rights advocacy groups on Thursday sued Georgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, accusing him of putting more than 50,000 voter registration applications on hold to boost his gubernatorial campaign.
New Poll Shows a Statistical Tie in Georgia Governor’s Race
The Georgia governor’s race is getting tighter, as Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams are statistically tied according to a new poll.
In the Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Channel 2 Action News poll released last night, Kemp holds 1.4 percentage point lead over Abrams — 47.7 percent to 46.3 percent. The differential is within the poll’s 2.8 percent margin of error, meaning the candidates may be considered to be statistically tied in their historic race.
Stacey Abrams Demands Georgia Secretary Of State Brian Kemp Resign After Voter Purge
The campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is demanding that her opponent Georgia Sec. of State Brian Kemp resigned after he carried out a purge that blocked 53,000 voters from the state's rolls.