A Conversation With Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Brian Kemp

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, Republican primary candidate for governor, reacts to applause as he takes the stage during an elections results party Tuesday in Athens.

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Nobody got enough votes in Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary to win the race outright.

The first-place finisher, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, will face the second-place finisher, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, in a primary runoff later this summer.

The winner of that July 24 election will go on to face Democrat Stacey Abrams in November’s general election.

In the wake of last week’s election, WABE’s Sam Whitehead spoke with Kemp about the results and his campaign’s path forward to the primary runoff.

Their conversation aired during “All Things Considered’ with Amy Kiley.