{"id":348069,"date":"2022-09-23T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=348069"},"modified":"2022-09-23T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:15:58","slug":"abrams-and-kemp-face-off-in-governor-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2022\/09\/23\/abrams-and-kemp-face-off-in-governor-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrams and Kemp Face Off in Governor Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year Georgia citizens will elect their next governor. The candidates are Brain Kemp (Republican), Stacey Abrams (Democrat), Elbert Bartell (Independent), President Boddie (Independent) and Shane Hazel (Libertarian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the 2022 Georgia Primary Election, Georgia Republicans chose Brain Kemp over David Perdue and Kandiss Taylor as their nominee. Stacey Abrams automatically advances as her party\u2019s nominee for governor.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Abrams waves to crowd at political rally. Photo: AP News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Despite her loss in the 2018 governor election, Abrams feels ready and confident as she runs against Kemp. She was a top Democrat in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007-2017 and has always tried to be a bipartisan consensus builder. Abrams\u2019s vision states, \u201copportunity and success in Georgia shouldn\u2019t be determined by zip code, background or power.\u201d She hopes that through her policies, she can help all Georgians work together and thrive. Some of her experience includes the Fair Fight Action and Fair Fight PAC, the Southern Economic Advancement Project and the New Georgia Project. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Kemp travels on his campaign trail across Georgia. Photo: CNBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kemp, who is the incumbent candidate, hopes that his actions over the past four years will encourage voters to re-elect him. Prior to being elected, Kemp built his business, Kemp Development and Construction Company, which was extremely successful. He hopes some of his policies that will win over the voters are his Georgia handgun laws, opting out of school mask mandates, and prohibiting \u201cdivisive concepts” in education. Also, right after the primary in May, Kemp approved an income tax cut for state employees and teachers while also temporarily suspending the state gas tax. Kemp\u2019s campaign said, \u201cKemp is running for re-election to continue putting hard working Georgians first, and ensure Georgia remains the best state to live, work, and raise a family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not the first time that Kemp and Abrams have been running against each other. Kemp won the 2018 Georgia Governor Election. According to AP News, Abrams said, \u201cFour years ago, I warned about the failure that Kemp was going to be. And four years later I am going to prove he was the wrong choice for Georgia.\u201d Especially with the political climate today in the United States, the most talked about topics are abortion rights, guns laws and the overall economy in Georgia. The election takes place Nov. 8, 2022, and it is vital that eligible Georgians get out vote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year Georgia citizens will elect their next governor. The candidates are Brain Kemp (Republican), Stacey Abrams (Democrat), Elbert Bartell (Independent), President Boddie (Independent) and Shane Hazel (Libertarian). After the 2022 Georgia Primary Election, Georgia Republicans chose Brain Kemp over David Perdue and Kandiss Taylor as their nominee. Stacey AbramsContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":348286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-reed-millner24paceacademy-org","post-348069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/files\/2022\/09\/Abrams.jpg?fit=792%2C550&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TYqQ-1sy1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348069"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348302,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348069\/revisions\/348302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}