Georgia
Kemp's message to Trump: 'there's no path…to get to 270 without Georgia'
EXCLUSIVE – Republican Gov. Brian Kemp insists “that the road to the White House is going to run through Georgia.”
And Kemp, the popular two-term conservative governor of the crucial southeastern battleground state, emphasized in an exclusive national interview with Fox News Digital that “there’s no path for former President Trump to win, or any Republican…to get to 270 without Georgia.”
Kemp, who was interviewed on Tuesday on the eve of Vice President Kamala Harris’ two-day bus swing through Georgia, said his state “should be one that we win if we have all the mechanics that we need. And I’m working hard to help provide those in a lot of ways and turn the Republican vote out.”
“It’s my belief that we cannot afford four more years of [President] Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or Kamala Harris and [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, which I think would probably be worse than even Biden and Harris were,” Kemp argued.
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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on June 3, 2024 in Chalmette, Louisiana (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
The governor was interviewed a couple of days after Trump praised Kemp in a social media post “for all of your help and support in Georgia, where a win is so important to the success of our Party and, most importantly, our Country.”
“I look forward to working with you, your team, and all of my friends in Georgia to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” the Republican presidential nominee added.
The comments from Trump were a major change of tune when it comes to Georgia’s governor.
For two years following his 2020 election defeat to President Biden – which included a razor-thin loss in Georgia – Trump attacked Kemp for failing to overturn the election results in his state.
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Trump toned down the criticism in 2022, after Kemp crushed Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue in the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary.
But earlier this month, Trump went on a 10-minute tirade against Kemp at a rally in Atlanta just blocks from the Georgia State Capitol. Trump blamed the governor not only for failing to overturn the 2020 vote count, but also for not stopping a county prosecutor from indicting the former president on his attempts to reverse the results.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio (left) greets Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump during at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
“He’s a bad guy. He’s a disloyal guy. And he’s a very average governor,” Trump charged. “Little Brian, little Brian Kemp. Bad guy.”
Kemp told Fox News “I’m not sure exactly what happened going into the rally. I’ve seen a lot of different stories and people’s explanations of what happened,””
But he said “to me, that was a small distraction that’s in the past.”
And Kemp said that Republicans “need to stay focused on the future…we need to be telling people why they should vote for us, what we’re going to do to make things better than they are right now. And there’s a host of issues that I think you could contrast Kamala Harris and her record.”
“To me, that’s what we need to stay focused on. Not some dustup from two or three weeks ago,” he added.
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Asked about Trump’s reversal last Thursday, Kemp said “you have to ask him those questions. I’ve been consistent for really the last couple of years that I was going to support the ticket, whoever our nominee was, in Georgia. That’s exactly what I’m doing. What I have been doing.”
But Trump’s statement came moments after Kemp appeared on the Fox News Channel and reiterated to host Sean Hannity that “we need to send Donald Trump back to the White House.”
Asked if he and Trump had connected since last week, Kemp said on Tuesday that “I haven’t talked to him.”
But he shared that “I’ve talked to a lot of other folks and I think everybody has a good understanding of where everybody is and understands my position has not changed. I have been supporting him and the whole ticket in Georgia, and I’m still doing that and will continue to do that through November.”
Republican strategists agree that in order to recapture Georgia, Trump will need assistance from Kemp’s well-oiled and funded political machine to turn out GOP voters.
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Kemp said that he’s “working hard” to “turn the Republican vote out and make sure that we win this state in November.”
But the governor added “how that looks and how that goes will really be up to kind of how things play out and what states are in play and who’s going where and when.”
And he noted that “I‘ve got other responsibilities in my duties with the Republican Governors Association, traveling around the country helping to raise money to win North Carolina and hold New Hampshire in our column, and also helping our legislative races here.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (right) joins fellow GOP governors at a Republican Governors Association news conference at a oil refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana, on June 3, 2024 (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Kemp also acknowledged that he’s asked for legal advice from the state attorney general on whether he can remove from the state election board three conservative members on the five-person panel who championed and passed a controversial set of new rules that mandate extra requirements for county election boards to certify their results.
“We’ve asked the attorney general for an opinion on that on whether this would be an official complaint, if you will, and I’m waiting to hear back, so I really wouldn’t be able to comment too much on that since we’re asking for legal advice,” Kemp told Fox News.
Trump, who has been charged in Fulton County, Georgia for election interference, praised the three members for pushing for the new rules and called them “pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory.”
But Georgia Democrats call the new rules a “concerted effort to subvert democracy,” and have challenged them, arguing they could delay election certification and spark major disputes.
Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
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Georgia Men Defeat Florida State; Women Take Down Florida State and Arkansas
Georgia vs Arkansas vs Florida State
- January 10, 2026
- Athens, GA — Gabrielsen Natatorium
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Full Meet Results
- Team Scores Women
- #14 Georgia 170 — Florida State 116
- #14 Georgia 169 — Arkansas 124
- Arkansas 195 — Florida State 101
- Team Scores Men
- #4 Georgia 183.5 — #10 Florida State 114.5
The Georgia Bulldogs swept Florida State and the women also took down Arkansas in their first dual meet of 2026. The Arkansas women beat Florida State in their dual, 195 to 101.
Women’s Meet Recap
The #14 ranked UGA women easily defeated Florida State and Arkansas in their double dual meet on Saturday, outscoring Florida State by more than 50 and Arkansas by more than 40.
Despite earning the overall win, the Georgia women did not take home either relay titles, but they had the fastest times in most of the individual events.
Freshman Kennedi Dobson continued to build on her strong NCAA season, taking home three event wins with the top times in the 1000 free, 200 back, and 500 free. In the 1000, she swam 9:29.05, a new personal best time and the 3rd fastest time in the country this season.
She also swam the 200 back and 500 free double, which sees only the 200 breast come in between, setting a new best time in the 200 back of 1:53.66 and in the 500 free, she swam 4:39.48 for the win.
The only other Georgia swimmer to set the fastest time in multiple events was Ieva Maluka. She won the 200 fly in 1:56.29, a new season best time. She also had the fastest time in the 200 IM, touching in 1:58.11, but the Bulldogs exhibitioned the last event to allow Arkansas and Florida State to score more points.
Charlotte Headland and Elizabeth Nawrocki split the breaststroke events for Georgia. Headland swam the 100 breast in a personal best 1:00.50, building on her progression this season. She came into the year at 1:01.39, and has dropped three times since then.
Nawrocki, a freshman, swam 2:11.48, just missing her personal and season best of 2:08.44 This swim was still more than a second faster than the 2:13.00 she started college with.
Marie Landreneau won the women’s 200 freestyle for Georgia, touching in 1:44.46 to beat teammate Shea Furse‘s 1:46.77 by a little over two seconds.
Finally, senior Olivia Della Torre won the 100 fly in 53.09, just off her season and personal best of 52.95 from the UGA Fall Invitational.
Arkansas bested Florida State in their dual meet, due, in part, to the strong performance from Harriet Rogers. Rogers won both the 50 and 100 free, swimming 22.23 in the 50 and 48.77 in the 100 to earn the top spots.
Holly Robinson won the 200 IM with her 2:03.06 coming in as the fastest non-Georgia swimmer, so she won the event, picking up nine points for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas also won the 400 free relay. Tammy Greenwood led off in 49.69. Rogers swam 48.38. Delaney Harrison was 3rd in 49.54, and Viola Petrini swam 49.73.
They also had the top two divers at the meet with Lotti Hubert earning the top spot on the 1 meter board in 314.75, leading three other Razorbacks to take the top four overall spots in the event. The 3 meter went to Maria Jose Sanchez in 348.00, more than 20 points ahead of 2nd place Kayleigh Clark from Florida State.
Florida State won one individual event and one relay. They started the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay with their team of Alice Velden (24.50), Martina Fanunza (28.07), Maryn McDade (22.95), and Mary Leigh Hardman (22.20) swimming 1:37.72 to beat the Georgia ‘A’ team by half-a-second.
Velden also won the 100 backstroke in 53.76, missing her season best of 52.40 by about a second.
Men’s Meet Recap
The men’s meet was just a dual meet between Georgia and Florida State, and the Bulldogs came out on top, scoring 183.5 points to Florida State’s 114.5.
Georgia won both relays, starting with the top time in the 200 medley relay where they swam 1:24.38 to come in just two tenths ahead of Florida State. Luca Urlando led off for Georgia, splitting 21.10 to earn the Georgia team a near seven tenth lead. Elliot Woodburn was 23.94 on the breaststroke, Ruard Van Renen split 20.18 on the butterfly, and Tane Bidois was 19.16 on the freestyle.
Florida State’s relay consisted of Max Wilson (21.77), Tommaso Baravelli (23.72), Michel Arkhangelskiy (19.91), and Sam Bork (19.20), and they touched in 1:24.60.
The 400 freestyle relay was made up of Van Renen (43.26), Tomas Koski (42.81), Bidois (43.04), and Luke Sandberg (43.21) swimming 2:52.32 to win the event by more than two seconds.
Luca Urlando won three events for the Bulldogs, swimming 1:39.59 in the 200 fly to win by almost four seconds over teammate Drew Hitchcock. He also won the 100 fly in 45.27, coming in more than a second ahead of Florida State’s Michel Arkhangelskiy‘s 46.72
Urlando also swam the 200 IM for the first time this season, touching in 1:42.95, the 15th fastest time in the country this season.
Georgia freshman Sean Green won two events, swimming 8:57.64 in the 1000 and 4:19.57 in the 500.
Hayden Meyers and Ruard Van Renen split the backstroke events. Van Renen won the 100 back in 44.68 and Meyers won the 200 back in 1:41.66.
Florida State picked up event wins in both distances of breaststroke and the 50 and 100 freestyles. Michel Arkhangelskiy won the 50 free in 19.64 and he won the 100 free in 42.92, off his season best times in both.
Tommaso Baravelli won the 100 breast for the Seminoles in 53.63, coming in more than half-a-second ahead of teammate Liam O’Connor‘s 54.26 in 2nd.
Mathias Christensen won the 200 breast in 1:57.15, just 17 hundredths ahead of Georgia’s Cale Martter, who swam 1:57.32.
Up Next
Georgia will race Tennessee on January 24th in Knoxville.
Florida State will host Florida on January 30th.
Arkansas will race kansas on January 23rd in Kansas.
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Alabama linebacker to transfer to Georgia Tech
Pro Football Focus graded Noah Carter Alabama’s third-best tackler this season.
Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton runs against Alabama linebacker Noah Carter during the first half of a Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP)
A third Alabama player is transferring to Georgia Tech for the 2026 season.
Noah Carter, a 6-foot-4, 243-pound linebacker, intends to transfer to Tech, On3 reported Saturday. Carter spent two seasons with the Crimson Tide.
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