ATLANTA — While Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker struggles to win over conservatives who were concerned with his candidacy even before a spate of damaging abortion reports, Gov. Brian Kemp is embarking on a vastly different mission to expand his base of support.
Even as Walker gathered with evangelical leaders to address reports that he paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, Kemp was preparing to speak at a pair of events geared to Black voters. His campaign has also charted an aggressive strategy to better compete in the suburbs.
While the efforts might seem both marginal and long overdue in such a closely divided state, they reflect a significant change in approach for the first-term Republican as he faces a rematch against Democrat Stacey Abrams.
