Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp fends off Democrat Stacey Abrams for a second term, NBC News projects

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has secured different term, fending disconnected Democrat Stacey Abrams successful the duo's 2nd match-up, NBC News projected.

Kemp had consistently led Abrams, a strategist and erstwhile authorities House number leader, successful polls by a borderline of much than 5 percent points passim the campaign. Unlike their past election, wherever Abrams mislaid by 1.4 percent points, Kemp had a decided vantage this clip arsenic the incumbent politician with an above-water support rating.

Abrams brought the contented of voting rights to the forefront of the nationalist speech aft her nonaccomplishment to Kemp, spending the past 4 years helping different Democrats triumph nationalist offices. Georgia voters successful 2020 elected Democrats to some U.S. Senate seats and backed President Joe Biden.

Then-President Donald Trump called the state's caput of state, who oversees elections, and asked him to "find" capable votes to springiness Trump the win. State officials, including Kemp, refused to bash Trump's bidding and drew his ire erstwhile they certified Biden's electoral assemblage triumph successful Georgia.

Trump actively, and unsuccessfully, campaigned against Kemp successful the superior earlier this year, endorsing erstwhile U.S. Sen. David Perdue instead.

Though Abrams was instrumental successful turning Georgia bluish connected the nationalist level successful 2020, Republicans person spent the past 4 years vilifying her successful the eyes of mean voters.

Republicans nationally saw the tide displacement successful their favour successful the months starring up to the predetermination arsenic voters progressively listed the system and ostentation arsenic their apical concerns implicit issues similar termination and combatting attacks connected democracy. Abrams took flak 2 weeks earlier the predetermination erstwhile she said connected MSNBC that termination was an economical issue.

Democrats had hoped reproductive rights would boost elector turnout aft the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade successful its June ruling successful Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Abortion had already been an contented successful Georgia. In 2019, authorities lawmakers attempted to prohibition abortions aft a fetal heartbeat is detected, astir 5 oregon six weeks. That was overturned by a justice citing Roe.