Is the governor of georgia democrat. The partisan affiliations of american governors are close to being evenly split among the fifty states. Georgia democratic state rep. In the united states a governor is the chief executive officer of a state or a territory.
The following is a list of the current governors of the states and territories of the united statesas of 2020 there are 26 republicans and 24 democrats holding the office of governor in the states. Republican secretary of state brian kemp won the election defeating democratic former. Georgias governor brian kemp speaks outside the state capitol building in atlanta georgia on 13 april.
There are 4 democrats and 1 republican one is also a member of the new progressive party as governor of united states territories and mayor of the district of columbia. Born in athens georgia kemp is a graduate of the university of georgia. Democratic local officials in georgia clashed with republican governor brian kemp on thursday and accused the governor of playing politics a day after he banned localities from issuing mandates.
As of january 2020 there are 24 states with democratic governors and 26 states with republican governors. Vernon jones announced he is resigning from his seat tuesday after last week endorsing president trumps reelection a move that quickly earned him backlash from. A member of the republican party he previously was the 27th secretary of state of georgia from 2010 to 2018 and a member of the georgia state senate from 2003 until 2007.
The democrat who lost to kemp in a controversial election in 2018 told msnbc. Stacey yvonne abrams born december 9 1973 is an american politician lawyer voting rights activist and author who served in the georgia house of representatives from 2007 to 2017 serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. Brian porter kemp born november 2 1963 is an american businessman and politician serving as the 83rd governor of the us.
The governor of georgia is the head of the executive branch of georgias state government and the commander in chief of the states military forces. There have officially been 77 governors of the state of georgia including 11 who served more than one distinct term john houstoun george walton edward. A member of the democratic party abrams founded fair fight action in 2018 an organization to address voter suppression especially in the states of georgia and texas.