You should be aware that the Republicans in Georgia only go back one generation. Those roots are not very deep. A vast number of our so called Republicans became so as a quick way to get ahead of their Democrat opponents.
My former Congressman, Newt Gingrich, was from Pennsylvania and settled here when his step-father was transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia while serving with the US Army. When Gingrich was elected to Congress in 1974, he was one of two Republican Congressmen in the delegation.
The first Georgia Republican Governors since The Civil War Reconstruction, Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal, were both former Democrats. They were basically old school Blue Dog Democrats who flipped over for political gain. Now with GA trending blue again, the worst in these GOP critters is coming out.
Florida is sort of the same way, the election in 2022 resulted in the first time since reconstruction that a Democrat has not held a statewide office.
If DeSantis finishes his 2nd term, that would make 4 straight 2 term Governors that have been Republican or 32 straight years of Republican Governors in Florida.