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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Resounding setback for Trump as Kemp wins Republican primary in Georgia

Republican governor Brian Kemp, with his wife Marty, gives a thumbs-up to supporters after beating David Perdue in the governor primary.
Republican governor Brian Kemp, with his wife Marty, gives a thumbs-up to supporters after beating David Perdue in the governor primary. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Georgia governor Brian Kemp won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, easily overcoming a challenge from former senator David Perdue in a resounding setback for Donald Trump.

The Associated Press projected Kemp the winner over Perdue, one of a trio of Georgia races on Tuesday night that revealed limits to Trump’s power over the party he has remade in his image. As part of a post-presidential crusade to punish the Republicans he blames for his 2020 defeat, Trump had sought to oust Kemp along with the state’s Republican attorney general and Republican secretary of state.

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