Close Source Says Secretary of State Brian Kemp Is Running For Governor In 2018
It’s been speculated that Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be a GOP contender for Governor in 2018. Today, the AJC reports that an official with direct knowledge of the matter says that Secretary Kemp will run.
Although it’s not “official” yet and has declined to comment on it, Secretary Kemp has been dropping hints and his on-going battle against the federal Department of Justice regarding hacking claims against the Georgia Secretary of State’s office under the Obama administration has kept Kemp’s name in front of the eyeballs of potential voters. From the AJC:
“I am uniquely positioned to understand the challenges you face when it comes to running your business and, most importantly, having to deal with government red tape,” he said in recent remarks to the National Federation of Independent Businesses. “There are too few business-minded people in office, and you can see how that impacts our government.”
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The 53-year-old has long been considered a potential gubernatorial candidate and has tried to raise his profile by calling on Trump to investigate the Obama administration’s apparent attempt to access his office’s computer system. He’s also railed against left-leaning groups that accused his office of voter suppression.
The 2018 GOP gubernatorial field will be crowded with speculation that Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Speaker David Ralston, former Congressmen Jack Kingston, Lynn Westmoreland, current Congressmen Doug Collins and Tom Graves may jump into the fray. With the legislative session drawing to a close fairly soon, expect other announcements to drop.
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Doug Collins is now the 5th ranked person in the US House. He’ll be in DC a while.
Tom Graves is now an appropriations cardinal. He’ll wait for a Senate run.
Jack Kingston is tweeting from Russia about our Russian friends. He’s happy on K-Street.
Westmoreland is still possible, but you can only talk about deciding on having a “fire in the belly” for so long before others determine it isn’t there and move on. He needs to show some smoke soon if he’s interested.
The field has narrowed considerably. But if the CD-6 Special can draw 18, expect quite a few more people – some able to self-fund – to get into this mix soon. And expect official announcements starting in weeks.
On behalf of all state professional license holders, please run. PPPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE stop being the Secretary of State.
Really, if it gets him out since he has done such a bang up job as SoS. How on earth does he see a path to win
I think every list of gubernatorial candidates should end with “and some random millionaire”