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Republican gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp are facing off in a runoff election Tuesday following a crowded seven-person Republican primary in May. In a tweet on Saturday, President Trump endorsed Kemp, which could affect the outcome of the race.
A Georgia lawmaker is the latest public figure caught with his pants down on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen's new cable TV series, this time literally, as the state legislator exposes his bottom, speaks with a mock Asian accent and yells a racial slur all in the name of fighting terrorism. In Sunday night's broadcast of Cohen's Showtime series "Who Is America?" Cohen poses as an Israeli military expert who persuades Republican Rep. Jason Spencer to take part in several outlandish exercises.
Jason Spencer was fooled into appearing on Sacha Baron Cohen's "Who is America?" late Sunday, where he yelled racial epithets and dropped his pants to expose his rear end. The lame duck Georgia state rep's behavior, as also seen on a YouTube video , led to sharp criticism from fellow Republicans.
Vice President Mike Pence is set to headline a rally in Georgia in support of Secretary of State Brian Kemp's bid for governor. The event is being held in Macon on Saturday afternoon.
In a surprise move Wednesday, President Donald Trump officially threw his support behind Kemp to be the next governor of Georgia. Trump tweeted out Wednesday afternoon that Kemp is "tough on crime, strong on the border and illegal immigration."
"President Trump threw his political clout behind a hard-line candidate in the contested primary for governor of Georgia on Wednesday, backing Brian Kemp, a state official who has run television ads showing him wielding a shotgun and vowing to 'round up' illegal immigrants," the New York Times reports. "Mr. Trump's support could well decide a close nomination fight between Mr. Kemp and Casey Cagle, Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor.
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President Donald Trump endorsed Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Wednesday in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary runoff, throwing his weight behind a candidate who has echoed the president with a TV ad promising to "round up criminal illegals" in his pickup truck. Kemp is in a dead heat with Lt.
With barely a week to go before the brass-knuckled Republican run-off for governor of Georgia comes to a halt, there are growing signs that the contest is coming to a showdown between the "outsider" wing of the party more closely aligned with Donald Trump and the "insider" or "establishment" faction. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, considered the favorite of the GOP establishment, leads Secretary of State Brian Kemp, widely considered the Trump-style "outsider," by a razor-thin margin of 44 to 43 percent among likely voters in the July 24 runoff, according to a poll from independent firm Cygnal.
During a tense debate between the two Republicans vying for Georgia governor, both candidates tried to make the race about who voters can trust when no one is looking. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who are locked in a contentious runoff battle that will be decided July 24, squared off Thursday evening in Atlanta.
Rep. Tom Graves today voted for and the House passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act , legislation setting policy for agriculture and nutrition programs, including work requirements, for the next five years.
The Catoosa County Sheriff's Department currently has pamphlets circulating through town that inform residents of what the new Georgia Hands Free Law consists of.
Around Town paid a call on the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame member this week, finding him in good spirits, though concerned about such things as the future of the free press in this country and the leftward march of the Democratic Party.
Former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Stacey Abrams Wednesday in her bid to become Georgia's first Democratic governor in 15 years and the nation's first-ever black female state executive. The former vice president hailed Abrams in a statement to The Associated Press for her "track record of building consensus across party lines" while still advancing Democratic priorities like Medicaid expansion and public education.
State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, R-east Cobb, listens during Tuesday's meeting held at the Cobb County Civic Center that centered on metro Atlanta transit options provided by House Bill 930, which was signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last month.
A Republican congressman has asked President Donald Trump to attend the annual congressional baseball game Thursday night at Nationals Park. Texas Rep. Roger Williams, who is coaching the Republican team, tells The Associated Press that, "I asked him to come, I guess it was last week, I was over at the Oval Office."
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott and U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel have introduced the "Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018" in the U.S. House . The American Motorcyclist Association supports this bill.
The House Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Thursday passed the fiscal year 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which was authored by Rep. Tom Graves who is chairman of the subcommittee.
Georgia Democrats gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first Black female governor in American history on a primary night that ended well for several women seeking office. Abrams set new historical marks with a primary victory Tuesday that made her the first Black nominee and first female nominee for governor of either majority party in Georgia.