Kemp meets with Republicans in Congress as he eyes Senate run
ATLANTA, Ga. - As speculation continues swirling about his political future, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reportedly met with two of the most influential GOP senators in the nation this week as he contemplates a candidacy to the world’s greatest deliberative body.
According to Axios, Kemp met with U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, at a lunch in Atlanta.
Thune serves as Senate Majority Leader, while Scott is chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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Kemp has been rumored to be a possible Republican challenger to US Sen. Jon Ossoff, the Georgia Democratic incumbent who, though he hasn’t made it official, is widely assumed to be seeking reelection in 2026.
The two-term Georgia governor is riding a legislative and political wave of success in recent weeks. On Monday, Kemp signed Georgia’s largest income tax cut in history, a measure his office says will deliver more than $1 billion in tax cuts and relief.
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Flanked by local and state leaders, Kemp signed HB 111, accelerating the largest state income tax cut in Georgia history, and HB 112, which will authorize the delivery of $1 billion in one-time special tax refunds up to $500 to Georgia taxpayer households.
The governor will add another notch to his belt of legislative victories on Monday, April 21, when he signs the state’s historic attempt to rein in what his ers call frivolous and excessive jury awards.
Tort reform, which would overhaul Georgia’s civil litigation system, would make it harder to sue businesses for things that happen on their property, a concept known as premises liability. But survivors and families of victims say it could also make it harder for them to seek justice against wrongdoers.
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