Brian Kemp

Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American politician and businessman. He has been the 83rd Governor of Georgia since 2019.

As a member of the Republican Party he was a state senator from 2003 to 2007, then became the 27th Secretary of State of Georgia from January 2010 to November 2018.

Governor of Georgia
Kemp was the Republican nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election. He defeated Stacey Abrams in the general election in November 2018, but the election was controversial and many newspapers reported that he cheated.

In his first term as governor, Kemp was against forcing people to wear face mask and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, he faced criticism from President Donald Trump for following the state law that had him to approve the results, despite Trump's repeated false claims of fraud in the election. In 2021, Kemp signed into law the Election Integrity Act of 2021, which expanded early in-person voting and increased the state government's control over local election officials.

In his 2022 reelection campaign, former U.S. Senator David Perdue ran against Kemp in the Republican primary. Although Trump supported Perdue, Kemp beat Perdue in a landslide. In the general election, Kemp defeated Abrams in a rematch by a wider margin than in 2018.

Personal life
Kemp was born in Athens, Georgia to a family that had been in politics for a long time. He studied at University of Georgia.

Kemp married Marty Argo, daughter of longtime Georgia House of Representatives member Bob Argo. on January 8, 1994;Brian Kemp Official Facebook (January 8, 2020). Retrieved September 21, 2020. They have three daughters. The family belongs to Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Athens.

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