ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp spent far more time on the campaign trail focusing on his first-term record than elaborating on what he aims to accomplish in a second. With consistent leads over Stacey Abrams in the polls, he only unveiled a handful of policy proposals for the next four years.
But his agenda over the past four years, along with his public stances on some of Georgia’s top issues, offer a glimpse of what the next four years of Kemp’s administration could look like after he defeated Abrams for the second time.
His top promise is to dip into Georgia’s record surplus to finance a pair of tax rebates that will amount to a $2 billion refund. He balked at tapping the $6.6 billion surplus for other programs, saying more expensive initiatives would be difficult to sustain without tax increases.
