Brian Kemp
Governor of Georgia — currently serving. Party, term history, and sourced provenance. Sections fill in as records land.
Terms
- Governor of Georgia Republican Current
Background
- background Born November 2, 1963; Republican; UGA graduate; operated agriculture, financial services, and real estate businesses.
- role Georgia State Senate (2003–2007); 27th Secretary of State of Georgia (2010–2018).
- achievement First Republican since Reconstruction elected governor of Georgia who was not a former Democrat.
- achievement Elected governor in 2018, defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams; reelected in 2022, defeating David Perdue in Republican primary.
- controversy Data breach of 6 million voters' information (2015); only state official rejecting DHS help against Russian interference (2016).
- controversy Certified Georgia's 2020 election results despite Trump criticism; Trump alleged fraud without proof.
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