BRIAN KEMP

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley joined Sports Seriously to discuss Brittney Griner's conviction in Russia and efforts to bring her home.

Christie said the 2024 presidential race boils down to a simple decision for GOP voters: dwelling on Trump's 2020 grievances or plotting the future.

Georgia’s film and television industry brought in the big bucks as productions spent $4.4 billion in the state, according to Gov. Brian Kemp.

The SurveyUSA poll showed Sen. Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support.

The good news for Republicans in a pair of Fox News polls from Pennsylvania and Georgia is that the party stands a good chance of breaking even in the states’ Senate contests. The bad news is that, in what was long-expected to be a strong Republican year, they may not win the seats.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the “Biden recession” and spreading blame to Democrat Stacey Abrams while at the same time arguing his own state's economy is good.

To win reelection, Democratic Sen. Warnock may need crossover votes who also supported Republican Gov. Kemp. That's not as unlikely as it may sound.

A judge has ruled that the prosecutor who’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia cannot question a lawmaker who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump won the state.

The court cited the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The Georgia law has exceptions for rape and incest and when the mother's life is at risk.

A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and allowed Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law to take effect immediately.

The former president and vice president are supporting two challenging candidates in the primary race for Arizona's GOP governor.

Georgia was big. This one's bigger.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state. Ducey is part of a burgeoning effort among establishment Republicans to lift up little-known housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson against former television news anchor Kari Lake, who is backed by Trump. Other prominent Republicans, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have also lined up behind Robson in recent days.

In key states, polls show Trump-backed GOP nominees are failing to capitalize upon an environment that favors their side. And they’re precisely the candidates some in the party worried about.

Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams is calling for another round of payments to Georgia taxpayers, suggesting incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp should use federal COVID-19 relief money to act now. Abrams' call, made at a Saturday campaign event, dovetails with her argument that Georgia has enough money to expand Medicaid coverage to all adults, increase pay to teachers and state law enforcement officers, and not increase taxes. “We know that there are resources available in Georgia to do what’s right for all of Georgians," Abrams told reporters after an event in the Atlanta suburb of McDonough.

Georgia could have more than $5 billion in surplus revenue after the just-concluded budget year, following another big month for tax collections in June.

Stacey Abrams’ fundraising continues to accelerate, swamping Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and pushing close to $50 million raised in the seven months since the Georgia Democrat announced her campaign in December.

Increasingly, high-profile Republicans — including those Trump attacked for not going along with his false 2020 claims, like Doug Ducey — are sending a message.

Stacey Abrams’ fundraising continues to accelerate, swamping Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and pushing close to $50 million raised in the seven months since the Georgia Democrat announced her campaign in December. Abrams announced Friday that her direct campaign and its associated One Georgia committee raised $21.8 million during the two months ended June 30 and together had $18.5 million in cash on hand. Kemp said he had $6.4 million in cash as of June 30.

Swing state contests could shift the party balance and give the GOP more power, but election deniers could be the face of the party in some key races

Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates, who are refusing to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.

Gov. Brian Kemp extended the suspension of Georgia’s motor fuel tax for an extra month.

Most new laws traditionally take effect in Georgia on July 1. But this year, many of the most important measures became law as soon as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed them.

Yet more setbacks for Trump in Georgia, plus the significance of Katie Britt's GOP nomination in Alabama.

The Texas Republican Party passed a resolution over the weekend rejecting the 2020 election, calling President Biden the "acting" president, and outlining policy goals that include overturning same-sex marriage and possibly seceding from the United States. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns joins anchors Tanya Rivero and Tony Dokoupil with details.

As Republicans nationwide gear up to attack Democrats with tough-on-crime platforms this fall, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is making guns a central focus of her race for governor, seeking to turn crime into a liability for incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's reelection bid. Abrams made tightening Georgia's gun laws a big part of a public safety plan she released Thursday, proposing to reverse multiple laws that Georgia Republicans have enacted since 2014 loosening restrictions on who can carry a gun and where. The Democrat is also trying to exploit divides on how government should fight crime, arguing Kemp and Republicans have reverted to a failed lock-'em-up approach, abandoning a previous bipartisan push to focus on less punitive approaches.

Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday endorsed Mike Collins in Georgia's 10th Congressional District runoff, a move that once again puts him at odds with former President Donald Trump while helping him settle the score against a former opponent. Kemp is the latest member of the Republican establishment to back Collins, a trucking company owner and son of the late congressman Mac Collins. Collins is running against Vernon Jones, a former primary foe of Kemp's who has received Trump's backing.

Trump's endorsed candidates suffered huge losses in the GOP primary for Georgia governor and secretary of state.

Dissecting what one member of the House select committee called a "grift."

Georgia’s top elections official has testified before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 election.

Diane Murray struggled with her decision all the way up to Election Day. “I feel strongly that our democracy is at risk, and that people who are holding up the big lie, as we call it, and holding onto the former president are dangerous to democracy,” said Murray, who works at the University of Georgia. Raffensperger, a conservative who refused to support the former president’s direct calls to overturn the 2020 election, probably would not have won Tuesday's Republican primary without people like Murray.

Kandiss Taylor came third in Georgia's GOP primary election, losing to Brian Kemp by more than 70 points. Despite this, she is refusing to concede.

GOP voters in Georgia rebuked the former president by choosing incumbent officials he opposed, while party activists in Wisconsin sent a warning about 2024.

Gov. Brian Kemp is suspending Georgia’s motor fuel tax for six more weeks.

The governor's race in Georgia between Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams promises to be a brutal battle that will further amp up the state's charged political environment.

The political landscape in Georgia — and nationally — has shifted significantly.

Brad Raffensperger, Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker took very different paths to victory.

You'd be hard-pressed to find two Republican incumbents who drew more of Donald Trump's ire than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both won big on Tuesday.

Donald Trump opened May by lifting a trailing Senate candidate in Ohio to the Republican nomination, seemingly cementing the former president's kingmaker status before another possible White House run. Trump faced a series of setbacks in Tuesday's primary elections as voters rejected his efforts to unseat two top targets for retribution: Georgia's Republican governor and secretary of state, both of whom had rebuffed Trump's extraordinary pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Nearly six years after the onetime reality television star launched what seemed to be an improbable campaign for the White House, the “Make America Great Again” movement Trump helmed isn't going anywhere.

Republican voters really, truly, aren’t Trump zombies, but the GOP does reflect the former president’s brand of anti-democratic radicalism.

Gov. Brian Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 gubernatorial clash.

Gov. Brian Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 gubernatorial clash.

Brian Kemp beat a Trump-endorsed candidate last night in the state’s primary. Another Republican incumbent’s win was more surprising.

Georgia Republicans nominated Governor Brian Kemp for a second term and picked Herschel Walker to run for the U.S. Senate. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams, while Walker will try to unseat Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock. (May 25)

Trump tried to make a statement in Georgia. He got drubbed.

The former president is seeking out information on potential 2024 rivals after defeats for his chosen candidates have raised questions about his continued dominance of the Republican Party.

The gubernatorial primary pitted a challenger backed by Trump against a sitting governor who easily won renomination.

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

The Republican governor methodically dismantled Trump-endorsed David Perdue's political operation, dealing the former president a big political loss.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the GOP primary for governor over former U.S. Senator David Perdue. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in November — a rematch of 2018.

The Republican who advances to the general will face Abrams, the progressive Democrat who narrowly lost to Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial contest.

The polls have closed in Georgia’s primary elections — and the links below will take you to the results as they trickle in.

Insider talked with dozens of Republicans across Georgia in the days leading up to Tuesday's primary where voters will pick between Brian Kemp and David Perdue to run against Democrat Stacey Abrams.

David Perdue is polling at a threshold where plenty of GOP candidates have wound up. For some in crowded races, it was good enough. That wouldn't be the case for him.

Campaigns backed by former President Donald Trump are heading into Tuesday's primary after combining to spend over $400,000 at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job.

Trump has endorsed multiple candidates mounting challenges against sitting Republicans, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

All eyes are on Georgia and GOP candidates peddling Trump's false election fraud claims.

In Georgia, there are notable primaries for governor, Senate and key congressional districts.

Georgia holds the political spotlight, as primary races take place in southern states this Tuesday. Here are nine contests we're keeping an eye on.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not overturning the 2020 election results.

Perdue was referring to statements Abrams made Saturday during a fundraising dinner, in which she referred to the state’s poor ranking in multiple issues, including incarceration, mental health and maternal mortality rates. Kemp and Perdue are running against each other for the GOP nomination. Perdue, however, offered none of this context when attacking Abrams on Monday. “The only thing she wants is to be president of the United States,” Perdue said. “Stacey Abrams totally dominates Brian Kemp,” Trump said.

Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue doubled down on a racially charged, last-minute new line of attack aimed at Stacey Abrams, the likely Democratic nominee, in an interview Monday night.While addressing a crowd on the final day before the Republican primary, Perdue—who polls show trailing Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican who earned Trump’s ire when he refused to help “fix” Joe Biden’s win in the state in 2020—opened up a new line of attack on Abrams, telling the audience

Former Vice President Mike Pence has made an in-person push for Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Georgia's Stacey Abrams has benefitted from being unopposed in the state's Democratic primary for governor by using the period to spread her message while Republicans have fought.

Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary victories in Georgia.

Hyundai Motor Group confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge electric vehicle plant near Savannah that will employ thousands — a deal Georgia’s governor called the largest economic development project in the state’s history.

One week before thousands of neighborhood precincts open for the primary election next Tuesday, more than twice as many Georgias have voted early than did four years ago.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will campaign with Georgia’s incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month’s GOP primary in his most significant political break with former President Donald Trump to date.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed into law the state’s 2023 budget.

A Georgia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue that alleged fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were counted in the state’s most populous county during the 2020 general election.

A U.S. official familiar with the project says South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group is expected to announce its plans next week to build a massive electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia.

You've likely heard of Brian Kemp, David Perdue, Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. But there are scores of other names on the ballot for dozens of state and local offices. A look at all the candidates who want your vote on Tuesday.

Republican David Perdue raised $2.3 million in the three months ended April 30, the former U.S. senator’s campaign reported Monday.

After three Republican primary debates in Georgia’s governor’s race, a few things are clear: Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue wants the May 24 primary to be about the 2020 election, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp wants the election to be about his record, and when in doubt any Republican should say they’re the one to beat Democrat Stacey Abrams in the fall.

Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is building his campaign around Donald Trump and veering to the right as he tries to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 GOP primary.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republican challenger David Perdue are bickering over who was to blame for 2020 and 2021 Republican election losses in their first of three debates Sunday.

Democrat Stacey Abrams is asking a federal judge to shut down fundraising by a committee controlled by incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that can take unlimited contributions.

Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on environmental concerns.

A federal judge has ruled that Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under a new state law.

Former President Donald Trump has given $500,000 to a group that is now running ads attacking Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is enacting a law abolishing the requirement that Georgians obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.

When she narrowly lost her bid to become Georgia governor in 2018, Stacey Abrams announced plans to sue over the way the state’s elections were managed.

Following violent storms blamed for killing at least three people, Southerners cleared fallen trees from roadways and began cleaning up debris from homes and buildings smashed by suspected tornadoes as forecasters warned more violent weather was likely on the way.

The 2022 session of the Georgia General assembly saw some bright moments of bipartisan cooperating, including a mental health overhaul.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed into law a bill aimed at bolstering the state’s dismal mental health care system by pressuring private insurers to improve coverage for mental health conditions.

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams has become a millionaire.

Georgia lawmakers agreed Monday on a budget with boosts in spending for K-12 education, universities, mental health and public safety, reaping the rewards of a big increase in state revenue as Gov. Brian Kemp and legislators seek reelection this year.

A bill allowing Georgia residents to carry handguns in public without a license or background check is set to become law.

Friday is payday, of a sort, for 270,000 state, public university and K-12 employees in Georgia.

Georgia public school students are now free of mask mandates for five years, while a one-year ban on letting governments and schools require vaccines against COVID-19 neared Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk Tuesday.

Donald Trump wants to use November’s midterm elections to solidify his continued dominance of the national Republican Party.

A plan to suspend Georgia’s state motor fuel taxes through May 31 began advancing Wednesday in the state House, with a House Ways and Means subcommittee approving a new version of House Bill 304.