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Kemp Wallops Cagle 69.4 to 30.6% in the primary Governor of Georgia runoff. If it had been close the Mainstream Media would have said it was a Referendum on Trump. AWE! Too Bad! They can't publish their articles now. Boo Hoo!

Republican, Brian Kemp, (Trump/Pence endorsed) has lead over Republican, Casey Cagle with first election returns reports.

Voters in Georgia Mid-Term elections, Today is primary runoff for Governor, between Republicans, Casey Cagle & Brian Kemp has the full endorsement, support and backing of POTUS, Donald J. Trump & VP, Mike Pence. The winner of this race will face a Democrat Party, Ultra left-wing, liberal, progressive, Socialist, Communist opponent. It is essential that every voter in Georgia get out and vote today, casting your votes for Brian Kemp, a POTUS, Trump supporter all the way. If Kemp wins this runoff, he will become the next Governor of the great state of Georgia and will join Greg Abbott, who...

A Republican candidate in Georgia’s gubernatorial race who ran a “Deportation Bus Tour” to the state’s "sanctuary cities" was defeated in the GOP primary Tuesday night. State Sen. Michael Williams, who skipped out on running for reelection for his state seat in order to mount a gubernatorial bid, earned about 5 percent of the vote in the primary, according to The Associated Press. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp came out on top out of the seven candidates competing in the GOP primary on Tuesday. The two men will advance to a July runoff for the...

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will face Secretary of State Brian Kemp in a July runoff, after the two emerged as the top finalists Tuesday in the five-man race for the Republican nomination for Georgia governor. Cagle has prepared his run for governor for a decade and had the highest profile in the Republican field thanks to three statewide victories and robust fundraising. But despite campaign fundraising that vastly exceeded his opponents, he failed to get a majority of the vote and avoid a runoff. He’ll face Kemp, who used a series of provocative ads to help him emerge from the...

Georgia lawmakers voted to nix a tax benefit for Atlanta-based Delta as part of a broader tax package approved Thursday, following the airline's decision to sever ties with the National Rifle Association. The bill -- which includes a sweeping income tax cut -- cleared the state House on an overwhelming 135-24 vote, after being approved in the state Senate on a 44-10 vote. It now heads to the governor's desk. The final version dropped an earlier amendment that would have renewed a jet fuel tax exemption worth $50 million that was taken off the books in 2015. “Businesses have every...

Lawmakers stripped the airline of a $50 million jet fuel tax break to punish it for severing its relationship with the NRA. THE GEORGIA SENATE ON Monday moved to strip a generous tax benefit from Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines after the carrier cut ties with the National Rifle Association over the weekend. Republicans who control the state Senate voted to remove a $50 million jet fuel tax sale exemption out of a larger tax package that has already passed the state legislature, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The move came after Delta faced criticism from conservatives statewide, including Lt. Gov....

Georgia's lieutenant governor on Monday attacked Delta Airlines for dropping a partnership with the National Rifle Association, pledging to block any legislation that includes tax benefits for the airline. Delta, which is headquartered in Atlanta, ended a discount program for NRA members on Saturday after public backlash following a recent high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. "Delta is reaching out to the National Rifle Association to let it know we will be ending its contract for discounted rates through our group travel program," Delta said in a statement. "We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from its...

Photo by Scott Varley, for the Daily Breeze "He told us ... `I don't want you to remember me in tears,"' his mother, Gail Johnson-Roth, told about 250 mourners at his funeral at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood. "`I want you to remember me with laughter."' -from the Daily Breeze, two years ago Yesterday afternoon I went to the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood. Not long after arriving, as I was walking through the cemetery, a particular gravesite stood out because it was embraced by flowers and balloons. I guessed it was a recent soldier who had died....

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The Casey Cagle for Lt. Governor campaign announced today that it raised over $100,000 on Friday, March 31st despite having only a single day to raise funds. The $100,000 Cagle raised came solely in response to phone calls and emails during the day on Friday. Friday was the last day of the upcoming reporting period, and the only day in that period where Cagle was allowed to raise money following the conclusion of the legislative session. By contrast, Cagle's opponent - Ralph Reed -- is a lobbyist who is not elected to any office and has therefore been allowed to...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND — Because the Saturday meeting between Ralph Reed and Casey Cagle was being broadcast on local radio, the leader of the local GOP begged the audience to play nice. "Please don't ask candidates if they beat their mothers," urged Kevin Gough, chairman of the Glynn County Republican Party. He needn't have worried about the audience. Most of the mud was slung from center stage. The two men seeking to become Georgia' first Republican lieutenant governor needled each other on the issues of trust and experience. They fleshed out their positions on immigration and eminent domain. Reed drew...

ATLANTA — For once, Ralph Reed’s timing is off. So often in his 44 years, he has been in the right place at the right time. In 1989, when Pat Robertson was looking for a sharp, telegenic young operative to build a powerful national political organization for Christian conservatives, Reed was there – and the Christian Coalition of America was born. In 1997, with the coalition in the cross hairs of multiple federal investigations and beginning a long decline toward insolvency, Reed was out the door. In 2002, as chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, he got credit for a...

Ralph Reed took the Republican fight for lieutenant governor to his rival's home ground, accusing state Sen. Casey Cagle of neglecting a vote to rein in the use of eminent domain by local governments. "Casey Cagle claims he is a strong supporter of private property rights, but his record shows the opposite," said Reed campaign manager Jared Thomas in a Monday news release. Cagle defended his record on property rights and called the accusation — which centers on a vote last March — a distortion based on ignorance of the legislative process. The Reed assault came on the heels of...

Gainesville, GA (Jan. 31) - A new independent Zogby International poll released today shows that Casey Cagle is the only candidate for the Republican Lt. Governor's nomination currently positioned to win against a Democrat this fall. According to the results, Cagle currently holds a five point lead over the Democratic nominee, while Reed lags behind the Democrat by three points. These results track past independent polls, such as a recent InsiderAdvantage poll which found Reed's favorable rating among general election voters was actually lower than his unfavorable rating. The poll, conducted for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, also found Cagle maintains better...

LAWRENCEVILLE — A half dozen Gwinnett County political and business leaders have jumped Ralph Reed’s ship to hop on Casey Cagle’s bandwagon. In a letter to Reed, the former members of the statewide steering committee in the Duluth Republican’s bid for lieutenant governor said they’ve decided that Cagle, a state senator from Gainesville, is the better candidate for the GOP nomination. “Please know that our decision to support Senator Casey Cagle’s campaign is in no way an attempt to undermine or criticize you,’’ said the letter, released by the Cagle campaign on Friday. “Rather, we believe that Casey’s combination of...

Ralph Reed walked into Sen. Casey Cagle's office at the state Capitol last January for an awkward talk. "Our paths may cross over the lieutenant governor's race," Cagle remembers being told by Reed, former national Christian Coalition leader and a fellow Republican. "I need you to know that God has called me to do this." Reed remembers the conversation slightly differently. He remembers telling Cagle that he had prayed about what to do and felt led to run. Regardless, the not-so-subtle message of the visit: Reed didn't want any competition. "That's fine," Cagle remembers telling Reed. "But not only has...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The first man in the 2006 lieutenant governor’s race is now the first man out of it. State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, a Republican who said last May he’d seek the state’s No. 2 job, announced Friday that he’ll run for his current post instead. In a letter to Gov. Sonny Perdue, Oxendine said he’d rather remain insurance and fire commissioner because the lieutenant governor’s job has become “ineffectual.” But the commissioner also may have been sizing up his chances. Two other Republicans—state Sen. Casey Cagle and well-known activist Ralph Reed—have since joined the race. Oxendine insisted...