Governor Kemp “Running Scared And Hard” For Reelection In 2022

07/14/21 • 33 min

Georgia governor Brian Kemp announced his reelection campaign, and says he'll be "running scared and hard.” Is he mainly concerned about the lingering ire of Donald Trump, or potential Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams? And the legal wrangling over Georgia’s new voting laws continues, now that the US Justice Department has sued the state. Plus, two Republican candidates in their 30’s announce plans to challenge Democratic incumbent Lucy McBath in the 6th Congressional district next year. Can they capitalize on a surge of youth voters in Georgia?

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The fight over how we vote, when we can vote, and who can vote has only intensified in the half a year since the 2020 elections and the Senate runoffs in Georgia. But to understand how we got here, it’s a good idea to look at those 2020 campaigns again, with fresh eyes and perhaps some information we didn’t have at the time. In a special live broadcast edition—his final one as host of the Political Breakfast—WABE political contributor Denis O’Hayer welcomed a couple of special guests who know a lot about the 2020 campaigns from the inside: former Biden Georgia communications director Jaclyn Rothenberg and veteran Republican strategist Heath Garrett. They joined our regulars: Republican strategist Brian Robinson and Democratic strategist Tharon Johnson.

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