Gov. Brian Kemp and David Perdue will face off in a primary this May. | Adobe Stock
Gov. Brian Kemp and David Perdue will face off in a primary this May. | Adobe Stock
Gov. Brian Kemp alleged that David Perdue, an opponent he’ll face in the Republican gubernatorial primary, is playing dirty politics.
The Georgia governor filed the ethics complaint against Perdue Jan. 18 in federal court.
"Feigning alleged 'harms,' Perdue both cries afoul of transparent campaign finance structures set into law by the Georgia Legislature and asks the court to remove these structures so he and all other candidates intending to oppose the governor in the coming election cycle (including Stacey Abrams, Vernon Jones, Kandiss Taylor, and Catherine Davis) may continue critical fundraising, while the Governor may not," a spokesperson for Kemp's campaign said in a Fox 5 Atlanta report.
The two have been parrying since the start of the year when Perdue filed a lawsuit over alleged campaign finance law violations. Perdue's suit challenges the constitutionality of Georgia Senate Bill 221, which allows Kemp to raise unlimited campaign funding.
"This unconstitutional law was spearheaded by Brian Kemp to protect himself and silence those who seek to challenge him," Perdue, a former senator, said in a statement to Fox News Jan. 7. "It reeks of cronyism and corruption."
Kemp’s response was to accuse Perdue of trying to damage his campaign and that timing this complaint with the start of the legislative session was a strategic move.
The primary is May 24.
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