It may look bad now, but don't assume Georgia's massive data breach will hurt the political future of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

Both longtime politicians and grassroots activists say the blunder in Kemp’s office exposing six million voters’ personal information could be a distant memory by 2018, when many anticipate Kemp to run for governor.

And while possible opponents such as Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Attorney General Sam Olens would likely still try to highlight the breach as an issue, Kemp himself went on the record this week with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about just what he wants voters to know moving forward: "This situation," he said, "will not ever happen again."

For more on Kemp's comments and what the others said, read our full story here.

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