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Brian Kemp

Brian Kemp

Politics

Photo: Office of U.S. Senator David Perdue, Public domain

Brian Kemp -- Born: 1963-11-02. Occupation: governor. Position: Governor of Georgia. Education: Athens Academy.

Born1963-11-02

Occupationgovernor, jurist, lawyer, politician

PositionGovernor of Georgia, Secretary of State of Georgia, member of the Georgia State Senate

EducationAthens Academy, Clarke Central High School, University of Georgia

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“With what the new administration is doing, we want to go and learn more about that.”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“The White House is talking to and working with these companies,”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“The U.S. has not paid enough attention to South America,”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“There’s something good going on in Argentina,”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“There’s real opportunities here we need to take advantage of. … The Chinese are in Brazil. We need to make our presence known.”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“I had a good conversation with President Trump about my decision. I’m going to continue talking to him about the races in Georgia,”
ajc.com2025-06-12Source
“I think, if it’s possible, it would be great if we could line up on things. That’s hard to do sometimes in primaries. But it’s really too early to tell how that’s going to shake out.”
ajc.com2025-06-12Source
“And I really feel like I still have a lot left to do. And I just want to stay focused on the job that people elected me to do. And then after that, we’ll see what happens.”
ajc.com2025-06-12Source
“I voted, but I didn’t vote for anybody,”
nytimes.com2024-06-27Source
“Look, at that point, it didn’t really matter.”
nytimes.com2024-06-27Source
“And what I told them I’d do when I was running, I actually did as their governor. And I think the longer things went, the more people realized that, and that paid off big.”
TIME2022-10-07Source
“The greatest thing ever to happen to Brian Kemp was when Donald Trump decided he hated the guy,”
TIME2022-10-07Source
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“Hopefully, there will be stabilization at some point.”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“The meetings we’ve had have been high quality.”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“This trip has exceeded my expectations,”
capitol-beat.org2025-08-01Source
“It gave me an opportunity, quite honestly, to remind people of what my record was,”
TIME2022-10-07Source
“anyone who knew Brian knew he was way more reasonable—a conservative but not a firebrand,”
TIME2022-10-07Source
“I guess he got mad at me,”
TIME2022-10-07Source

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