ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump is escalating his support for former U.S. Sen. David Perdue's uphill battle against Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia.
Trump will host a tele-rally for Perdue on Monday to kick off the three-week early voting period, and the former president might yet return to the state for a third in-person rally to attack Kemp before the May 24 primary.
Perdue will take all the help he can get from the former president. He trails the governor by a wide margin — 53-27 — in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll and lags him in fundraising and endorsements.