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A May 2020 Ipsos poll showed that Kemp's job approval rating had declined to 39 percent among Georgians, making him among the nation's least popular governors; his low popularity was attributed to his handling of the coronavirus crisis. [153] [154] In November 2020, Kemp's approval rating fell to 37 percent, according to an IAG/Fox 5 poll. [155]
A case in point is Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican Massachusetts governor who — despite being the most popular governor in the country with a 74 percent approval rating — chose not to ...
Here’s a closer look at some of the bills that failed to win Kemp’s approval: More: On the final day of bill signings, Kemp approves $36.1 billion state budget Homestead exemptions
[2] [3] In the event of a vacancy, the governor is succeeded by the second-highest-ranking state official; in 45 states and 4 territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession. [4] [5] As of January 2, 2025, there are 27 states with Republican governors and 23 states with Democratic governors. Both Republicans and ...
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has asked his attorney general if he has the power to remove members of the state election board after a coalition of right-wing members passed heavily-criticized rules ...
On October 26, 2023, a special session was called by Governor Brian Kemp for November 28, 2023, to redraw congressional and legislative maps which were approved in the previous General Assembly. During the first session, March 6, 2023 was "Crossover Day", the informal name for the date by which bills must have passed through one chamber in ...
Kemp, now 59, was a real estate developer and state senator before Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed him secretary of state in 2010. Eight years later, Kemp was on his way to defeating an establishment ...
North Carolina was the next most competitive race, as it is a Republican-leaning swing state with a Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, meaning that Cooper faced a tough reelection. Cooper won his 2016 election by a mere 10,277 votes, or 0.22%. [6] However, most forecasters gave the race a Democratic lean as Cooper had an approval rating of 59%. [7]