Party heavyweights cheer for Abrams and Kemp to land knockout in countdown to Election Day

Democrat Stacey Abrams and GOP Gov. Brian Kemp are taking their closing pitches to the campaign trail in the final days of voting. (Ross Williams and Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)

Gov. Brian Kemp and his rival Stacey Abrams are crisscrossing the state in the last week of voting in hopes of rallying supporters to the ballot box.   

Kemp enters the homestretch with a lead in recent polls that show him potentially winning a second term without a runoff in his rematch with Abrams, who narrowly lost in 2018. But when asked about his apparent advantage Tuesday, he downplayed the significance, saying “nothing’s guaranteed in politics.”

“I’ve told people we don’t need to believe polls, we don’t need to believe the media. Don’t believe politicians. Just get out there and work. The ultimate poll is going to be this coming Tuesday,” Kemp told reporters.