Tag: Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams Joins Green Energy Nonprofit Pushing to Ban Gas Stoves

After losing Georgia’s governorship a second time to the state’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, Democrat Stacey Abrams has found a new job working for a green energy group that aims to eliminate gas stoves. Rewiring America, a self-professed “electrification nonprofit” based in Washington, is leading the charge to convert American homes, businesses, and communities to run…


Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Beats Stacey Abrams

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp beat Democrat Stacey Abrams on Nov. 8 for the second time, as Abrams conceded before the clock struck midnight. “Let me begin by offering congratulations to Gov. Brian Kemp,” Abrams told supporters in Atlanta. “I am suspending my campaign for governor,” she added later. Kemp had approximately 53.7 percent of the…


Abrams Exhorts Followers to Get Out the Vote

Nearing the end of her uphill battle to win the Georgia governor race, Stacey Abrams rallied supporters in Atlanta Saturday afternoon, urging them to call everyone they know to get out and vote on Election Day. The gathering at The Eastern, a theater in the city’s hip Reynoldstown neighborhood, felt like a party. Hip-hop music…


Former NJ Gov. Christie Joins Brian Kemp on Campaign Trail

WINDER, Ga.—Walter Yarbrough got his mom to pull him out of school Friday morning so he could go to the Brian Kemp rally in their town, Winder, Georgia. Yarbrough came to the rally in a downtown park in cowboy boots, jeans, a blue dress shirt, and a blue blazer. “He dresses like Brian Kemp. Every…


Prominent Georgia Democrat Breaks With Party to Endorse Republican Brian Kemp Over Stacey Abrams

Democrat Kwanza Hall, a former member of the Atlanta City Council who also briefly served in Congress, has broken with his party to endorse two Republican candidates for offices in Georgia in the upcoming midterm election. Hall on Friday endorsed Gov. Brian Kemp, the GOP nominee for reelection, snubbing Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. “Over…


Kemp Leads Abrams as Georgia Governor’s Race Nears Finish

Less than a week before the election, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears poised to win a second term. His opponent, former state House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, has not been able to gain traction despite strong financial support from out of state and a national following so enthusiastic she was talked up as Joe Biden’s…


Kemp and Abrams Go At It Again

Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams’s second debate on Sunday night sounded a lot like their first one on Oct. 17. The two veteran candidates were on their games. Neither committed a notable gaffe or game-changing miscue. They sparred about things they’ve fought about before, bringing to bear the facts supporting their respective sides. They each…


White House ‘Not Going to Comment’ After Stacey Abrams Suggests Abortion Can Alleviate Inflation

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday refused to comment on Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ suggestion that abortion can help alleviate inflation pressures. President Joe Biden has endorsed Abrams as the Democrats’ Georgia candidate for governor, but Jean-Pierre would not say when asked if the president agrees with Abrams’ stance. “I did not…


Georgia Candidates Switch Sides in Interpreting the Economy

News Analysis Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams debated Monday for the only time in their campaign for Georgia governor. They presented starkly contrasting visions not only for the state but of what the state’s situation is now, and each represents a deviation from their party’s general take on things. The two, who ran against each…


At Georgia Debate Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp Clash Over Abortion, Crime

Georgia’s gubernatorial candidates on Monday night debated their views on abortion, the economy, crime, voting, and education, among other issues in Atlanta ahead of the midterm elections. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.), the incumbent, faced Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams and Libertarian nominee Shane Hazel. Kemp said he “would not” go beyond his 2019 bill banning abortions…