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Also known as Brian Porter Kemp, Governor Brian Porter Kemp, Governor Brian Kemp, Governor Brian P. Kemp, Governor Kemp, Brian P. Kemp

American politician (born 1963)

Person · Open Library

Born
1937
Works
4

Top works

  • Church monuments
  • British Empire and Commonwealth banknotes
  • Church Monuments
  • English church monuments

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15
Total plays
67

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Key facts

Lieutenant
Geoff Duncan , Burt Jones
Preceded by
Nathan Deal
Succeeded by
Greg Gianforte
Governor
Sonny Perdue , Nathan Deal
Born
Brian Porter Kemp , ( 1963-11-02 ) November 2, 1963 (age 62) , Athens, Georgia , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Marty Argo ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ) ​
Relatives
Bill Cowsert (brother-in-law), Bob Argo (father-in-law)
Education
University of Georgia ( BS )
Website
Campaign website

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the state's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018, and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007. He is the first Republican since Reconstruction to be elected governor of Georgia who was not a former Democrat.

Kemp is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Before entering politics, he operated several businesses in agriculture, financial services, and real estate. In 2002, he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. Kemp ran for commissioner of the Georgia Department of Agriculture in 2006 but lost the Republican primary. In 2010, Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Kemp secretary of state. He was elected to a full term as secretary in 2010 and reelected in 2014. In 2015, Kemp was criticized after a data breach of over six million voters' personal information to 12 organizations. During the 2016 election, he was the only state official to reject help from the Department of Homeland Security to guard against Russian interference.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brian Kemp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.