Kemp Ramps Up Georgia Senate Race Involvement Ahead of Primary

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is beefing up his involvement in Senate candidate Derek Dooley’s campaign in the final stretch of an increasingly contentious GOP primary.

Kemp, along with First Lady Marty Kemp, will join Dooley in several campaign stops across southeast Georgia next week. Dooley is facing Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter in the race to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Kemp, who endorsed former University of Tennessee football coach Dooley last August, argued his chosen candidate comes without “political baggage” as a newcomer, and can only grow in support as a fresh face against Collins and Carter.

“Both ...