In an unmistakable test of the governor’s vision for the GOP, voters charted a starkly different course.
Gov. Brian Kemp addresses supporters while campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley in downtown Carrollton on Monday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)
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Gov. Brian Kemp spent years building a political machine that dominated state politics. On Tuesday, Republican voters delivered one of the clearest rebukes of his political career.
The governor’s hand-picked U.S. Senate candidate, Derek Dooley, lost to U.S. Rep. Mike Collins. His surprise pick for governor, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, was defeated by billionaire Rick
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