Brian Kemp — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

83rd Governor of Georgia since 2019
Served as Georgia's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018
Served as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007
Graduate of the University of Georgia
Operated businesses in agriculture, financial services, and real estate before entering politics

Biography

Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician currently serving as the 83rd Governor of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first Republican since Reconstruction to be elected governor of Georgia who was not a former Democrat. Prior to his governorship, Kemp served as the state's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.