The winner will go on to face Democrat Stacey Abrams in the fall. The governor had a 57% lead to Perdue’s 27% in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Tuesday, suggesting Kemp may win the GOP nomination without a runoff. Trump has slammed Kemp at every opportunity, touted David Perdue in ads and at a rally and given $500,000 to an anti-Kemp Super PAC.īut with the primary about a month away, new polls show Kemp well ahead of Perdue. Kemp’s reelection bid faced early headwinds with former President Donald Trump bent on punishing the governor for refusing to help overturn the 2020 presidential election results. White Diamond Grill owner Charlie Jay says he’s staying neutral. The swing through David Perdue’s home county highlights the election-year political tensions among Georgia conservatives right now. Sonny Perdue introduced Kemp, describing him as a friend for 20 years. David Perdue’s first cousin – for the groundbreaking of a meat snack company, Jack Links, which plans to create 800 jobs. Grant Blankenship/GPBĪbout an hour later, Kemp was sitting on stage with University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue – former U.S. Brian Kemp and University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue shake hands at a groundbreaking ceremony for a meat snack company in Perry. “We can’t fix everything that Washington has broken, but we’re doing our part to lessen the pain on people’s wallets here in Georgia, and today, we will put into place a more long-term system of relief,” Kemp said. It would then continue to drop incrementally but only if certain revenue growth indicators are met.
Starting in 2024, the state’s six-bracket income tax rate that tops out today at 5.75% would be flattened and reduced to 5.49%.
The governor traveled to his GOP challenger David Perdue’s hometown Tuesday, and sat at a table inside the cramped quarters of Perdue’s favorite restaurant, the White Diamond Grill in Bonaire, to sign into law a tax cut plan as lawmakers and local officials squeezed into the small-town diner.
Brian Kemp brought his bill-signing tour to the heart of Perdue country Tuesday.