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Politically Georgia: Why Kemp’s lead over Perdue is growing

Former Sen. David Perdue answers a question to the panelist during the gubernatorial GOP debate at the headquarters of the WSB on Sunday, April 24, 2022. The two candidates did not stop attacking each other during the debate just as they did during the campaign.Sunday, April 24, 2022. Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Former Sen. David Perdue answers a question to the panelist during the gubernatorial GOP debate at the headquarters of the WSB on Sunday, April 24, 2022. The two candidates did not stop attacking each other during the debate just as they did during the campaign.Sunday, April 24, 2022. Miguel Martinez/miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com
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April 27, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp leads former Senator David Perdue 53% to 27% according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of likely Republican primary voters.

In the episode of the Politically Georgia podcast from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AJC political insiders Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy break down the poll numbers in the race for governor, U.S. Senate and other down-ticket contests. Plus, our team looks at which races are likely to go to a runoff.

Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher.

You can also tell your smart speaker to “play Politically Georgia podcast.”

ExploreAJC April 2022: Explore the complete poll questions and results on the Georgia election

About the Authors

Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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