It was not an unexpected announcement, but Tuesday’s announcement made it official: Governor Brian Kemp is running for re-election in 2022.
Baxley educator Kandiss Taylor and former Democrat and former state representative Vernon Jones both announced earlier this year that they plan to square off against Kemp in the Republican primary. Libertarian Shane Hazel made his announcement late last year.
The Kemp for Governor campaign officially rolled out its network of grassroots leaders across all 159 counties in Georgia as well as initial staff in their official announcement.
“Team Kemp has been hard at work putting together a team that will win in 2022,” said Bobby Saparow, Campaign Manager. “Brian Kemp has a strong, conservative record of fighting for life, standing up for law enforcement, cutting taxes, protecting lives and livelihoods against the COVID-19 pandemic, and defending election integrity. With grassroots leaders across every county in the state standing with Governor Kemp, it’s clear his record is one Georgians support, and we look forward to hitting the campaign trail in the coming months to build on our momentum and continue fighting to put hardworking Georgians first.”
Kemp for Governor Staff
- Bobby Saparow, Campaign Manager
- Amelia Hawkins, Deputy Campaign Manager for Operations* (*Hawkins will join the Kemp Campaign on June 1, 2021)
- Ian Caraway, Deputy Campaign Manager for Political Affairs
- Tate Mitchell, Press Secretary
Kemp for Governor Grassroots Army
Grassroots Leaders by County
Appling
Ashley Atkins
Norma Nunez-Cortez
Atkinson
Tommy Guthrie
Dwayne McClellan
Bacon
Eugene Dial
Baker
Joey Henderson
Baldwin
Gary Thrower
Banks
Jason Hensley
Dennis Brown
Barrow
Brian Ackerman
Vanessa Green
Clay Kelley
Beverly Kelley
Bartow
Thomas Culpepper
Fred Stephenson
Ben Hill
Scott Downing
Berrien
Evie Woodward
Bibb
Jason Downey
Bleckley
Joe Meadows
Brantley
Wade Strickland
Brooks
Gordon Mooney
Bryan
Glen Willard
Bulloch
Curt Deal
Everett Kennedy
Mike Anderson
Burke
Peter “Pete” Cates
Butts
Mitch Mcewen
Calhoun
Jimmy Webb
Camden
CB Chabdra Yadav
Trevor Retdick
Bill Gross
Mike Harris
Lisa Harris
Candler
Dean Stone
Carroll
Wesley Stone
Greg Camp
Catoosa
Keith Bonnell
Michael Greene
Charlton
Will Phillips
Chatham
Stuart Sligh
Russ Peterson
Michael Owens
Patrick Connell
Ruel Joyner
Chattahoochee
Ken Van Horn
Chattooga
Taylor Hogg
Spencer Hogg
Cherokee
Roger Bonds
Clarke
Hank Burnhan
Clay
Yates Cathrall
Lindsey Cathrall
Clayton
Vickie Temple
Clinch
Eric Lutz
Cobb
DeAnna Harris
Jim Boyd
Marilyn Gilhuly
Rose Wing
Leah Nedblake
John Hightower
Louie Hunter
Keith Guthrie
Lynda Guthrie
Kim Sherk
Rex Harper
David Roach
David Connell
John Beville
Pat Gartland
Miriam Corbin
Kevin Nicholas
Helen Story
Pat Farrell
Jim Farrell
Dee Gay
John Wiles
Coffee
Eugene Paulk
Colquitt
Kirk Friedlander
Lauri Jo Bennett
Columbia
Jane Curry
Cook
Frank Carter
Coweta
Otis Jones
Gayle Jones
Otis Jones
Ann Jones
Crawford
John Hudson
Crisp
Brent Willis
Dade
Larry Williams
Dawson
Michael Garrett
Decatur
Jay Wells
DeKalb
Dan Israel
Jeffrey Mark Meeks
Dodge
Jason Braden
Dooly
Eugene Cason
Myron Mixon
Dougherty
Christie Cannon Cole
Bodine Sinyard
Douglas
Cindy Morley
Early
Sue Hughes
Echols
Audrey Hughes
Effingham
Susie Davis
Elbert
Mary Dana Leverett
Emanuel
Al Lawson
Evans
Ronnie Lanier
Fannin
Gary Knight
Fayette
Billy Taylor
George Dillard
Floyd
Bill Temple
William Bennett
Forsyth
Scott Reid
Andy Coleman
Patrick Bell
Franklin
Logan Waldrop
John Hylton
Eric Burrell
Fulton
Jim Squire
Alex Kaufman
Roger Wise
Leah Aldridge
Gilmer
Reece Sanford
Glascock
Devona Evans
Glasgow
Alec Goodman
Glynn
Cindy Atwood
DuWayne Anderson
Gordon
Randall Fox
Grady
AJ Cantley
Greene
Steve Broadbent
Gwinnett
Joe Wilson
Kathy Hildebrand
Habersham
Terry Rogers
Laura Rogers
Chad Henderson
Kim Anderson
Jeff Hunt
Charlie Fiveash
Joe Hatfield
Jim Weidner
Kelly Woodall
Patrick Shirtleff
Mike Mixon
Chan Gailey
Clayton Franklin
Hall
Martha Zoller
Lin Zoller
Hancock
Steve Hill
Haralson
James Coffman
Harris
Theresa Garcia Robertson
Hart
Stacey Britt
Heard
David Huddleston
Henry
Tonya Brantley
BJ Mathis
June Wood
Houston
Josh Pitts
Irwin
Horace Hudgins
Jackson
Martha Martin
Jasper
Kathleen Cominski
Jeff Davis
John C. Reed
Jefferson
Alan Wasden
Jenkins
Kirk Rocker
Johnson
Ron Blaxton
Jones
Bobby Jones
Lamar
Jamie Bostwick
Lanier
Brian Surmans
Laurens
Trey Taylor
Buddy Adams
Lee
Don Rentz
Liberty
Ren Keel
Roger Wells
Lincoln
Troy Balliew
Long
Codie Futch
Lowndes
Michael Smith
Lumpkin
Casey Moye
Macon
David Miller
Madison
Brenda Thompson
Marion
Eric Ivey
McDuffie
Patrick Lunceford
McIntosh
Sam Oliver
Meriweather
Faye Perdue
Miller
Rod Bryan
Mitchell
Steve Shiver
Monroe
Tyler Wood
Montgomery
Tom Peterson
Morgan
Waymond Hunt
Murray
Kevin Jones
Muscogee
Alton Russell
John Stacy
Newton
Chuck Berry
Kayla Airington
Oconee
Linda Carol Porterfield
Oglethorpe
Jesse Johnson
Paulding
Edward Leidelmeyer
Robert Lee
Peach
Martin Moseley
Pickens
Greg Long
Pierce
Chad Nimmer
Pike
Avery Bray
Polk
Sherry Nettles
Andy Anderson
Pulaski
Olin Creedle
Putnam
Tom Thompson
Quitman
Henry L. Balkcom III
Rabun
Kathie Woerner
Randolph
Scott Curry
Richmond
Dave Barbee
Jan Curry
Nick Carter
Rockdale
Derek Marchman
Schley
Justin Tanner
Screven
Osal Evans
Seminole
Amos Sheffield
Spalding
Betty Johnson-Bryant
Stephens
Dennis Bell
Stewart
Rossi Ross
Sumter
Nancy Jones Fitzgerald
Nancy Jones
Randy Jones
Talbot
Tom Persons
Taliaferro
Tom Rivera
Tattnall
Walt Dasher
Taylor
Jeff Wainwright
Telfair
BreAnna Burton
Terrell
Gary Cooper
Christie Cooper
Thomas
Vann Parrott
Tift
Bubba Harrison
Beth Vowell
Toombs
Frank Raiford
Towns
Sam Fullerton
Treutlen
Will Heath
Troup
Dupuy Sears
Helen Rice
Turner
Rob Calhoun
Twiggs
Bubber Epps
Kathryn Epps
Union
Jim Williams
Upson
Jay Williams
Walker
Nancy Burton
Walton
Andrea Malcom Cambell
Mark Peevy
Keith Myers
Lisa Anderson
Ware
Keith Hawthorne
Warren
John Graham
Washington
Danny Brown
Wayne
Kent Fountain
Webster
Kristy Blankenship
Glynn Cobb
Wheeler
Perry Avery
White
Howard Miller
Whitfield
David Renz
Wilcox
Rex Bulloch
Wilkes
Colonel Emory Burton
Wilkinson
Blaine Burley
Worth
Bill Davis
