The influence of former US President Donald Trump appears to be waning as he suffered a blow in a Republican contest.
Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia easily dispatched Mr Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former President and his conspiracy-fuelled politics in a critical US swing state.
Mr Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams this autumn in what will be one of America’s most consequential governor’s races.