The result of the Georgia governor's race was the same as in the previous election.
The race was called at 9:30 pm.
Thanks to her registration efforts among young voters of color in Georgia, she became a darling of the Democratic Party and helped turn the state blue in 2020. Two of her organizations worked to register an estimated 800,000 Georgians for that year's election, four times the amount of voters she'd been able to get signed up before her run for governor.
Kemp had been tasked with overseeing elections in his role as secretary of state. 53,000 voter registration applications were held back by his office due to what they said was roll maintenance. They said the move was voter suppression.
After Donald Trump refused to do so in 2020, she faced more scrutiny and criticism for declining to concede the election.
The final Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll put the Republican incumbent at least seven points in front of the Democrat.
Kemp was able to differentiate himself from other Republicans by painting himself as someone who had stood up to Trump while maintaining his conservative credentials.
The governor of Georgia refused to pressure the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn the election of Biden. In the immediate aftermath of the election, Trump claimed that he had done nothing. I am ashamed that I supported him. I keep an eye on what is happening. It's awful. Trump and his allies are facing criminal investigations for their actions during the election.
At a September 2020 rally in Georgia, Trump joked with his crowd of supporters that he might have done a better job in the governor's mansion. Would you be interested in taking his place?
In the Republican primary, Trump endorsed Perdue, but Kemp won.
Kemp was not Progressives when it came to voting rights. He signed into law a number of new restrictions, including new ID requirements for Absentee Ballots, limits on the use of ballot drop boxes, and criminalized the handing out of food or water to voters waiting in lines.
The law was signed in front of a painting of a plantation where black people were once enslaved. The All-Star game was moved out of Atlanta because of the legislation.
The governor of Georgia signed a six-week ban on abortions that went into effect this year after the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in 1973.
She promised to work with the state legislature to try to reverse the six-week ban.
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