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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, aims to build on the momentum of the 2024 elections and looks ahead to the next gubernatorial showdowns.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) will be the next chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), the group announced on Wednesday, following an election at the RGA’s annual conference. Kemp is ...
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is a Washington, D.C.–based 527 organization founded in 1961, [1] consisting of U.S. state and territorial Republican governors. Its primary objective is to help elect and support Republican governors.
Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee (2011–2019), chair of the Republican Governors Association (2017–2018) [143] (endorsed Tim Scott) Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland (2015–2023), Chair of the National Governors Association (2019–2020) [144] [145] [146] (will not vote for Trump in general election)
As of January 8, 2024, there are 27 states with Republican governors and 23 states with Democratic governors. Three territories have Democratic governors, while one has an independent governor. Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico is a member of the New Progressive Party, although he is also affiliated with the Democratic Party. [6]
The association assisted Kemp's campaign against Democrat Stacey Abrams in 2018 and in a 2022 primary against Trump-endorsed David Perdue. Kemp used his own well-funded political organization to turn out Georgia Republicans in November, an effort that helped Trump and local Republican candidates pick up large swaths of votes across the state. ___
Three different public opinion polls over the last week have shown DeSantis leading Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination among likely GOP voters — a national poll by YouGov, one by the ...
This class of governors was made up of 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans were defending two governorships in states that Joe Biden won in 2020 (New Hampshire and Vermont) while Democrats were defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump won in 2020 (North Carolina). [2] Both the parties successfully defended their seats.