Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday campaigned for the first time with GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker in a highly anticipated rally meant to show a united front among Georgia Republicans ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff election.
Kemp’s public show of support is considered crucial for the Senate hopeful’s prospects as the governor strongly outperformed Walker in the general election. More than 200,000 Georgia voters backed Kemp but did not vote for Walker — and both Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael G. Warnock are making direct appeals to those voters. Walker, whose candidacy has been plagued with controversy over his private life, is the only Republican on the statewide ticket who did not win on Nov. 8.
National Republicans for months have descended upon Georgia to boost Walker, but Georgia Republicans, like Kemp, have been slower to openly embrace the former University of Georgia and NFL football star, whose campaign has been dogged by allegations of domestic abuse and that he paid for two former girlfriends to have abortions.On the campaign trail, Kemp did not publicly rule out stumping with Walker and often emphasized that he was working to get the entire ticket elected.
The governor won his reelection bid against Abrams by more than seven percentage points, garnering 2.1 million votes. Walker received 1.9 million votes.Warnock’s campaign has emphasized that he is the only Democrat to get more votes than his Republican opponent on the statewide ticket. However, he didn’t reach the 50 percent of the vote needed to win outright under Georgia law.
“I have a proven record of being able to work with people on the other side of the aisle to get things done,” Warnock told reporters on Friday evening when asked about Kemp’s rally with Walker and his own efforts to court swing voters. Walker supporters at the rally expressed hope that having a popular Republican leader like Kemp would help drum up enthusiasm for Walker ahead of the runoff.Paula White, 57, and Emily Chapmon, 68, of Smyrna said they were optimistic that Kemp’s public show of support for Walker would help build up support from moderate and conservative voters unsure about the former football star.
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