In a tight race, Trump’s complicated ties with Kemp could matter

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a Get out the Vote event in Cumming, Ga. on Oct. 26. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

When former President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Monday, one of the state’s most popular Republican politicians was absent – Gov. Brian Kemp.

The former president’s relationship with the governor is complicated, and that could matter in a state Trump narrowly lost four years ago.

The two fell out after 2020, when Kemp rebuffed Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s election result.