The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New statewide officers
Brian Kemp is but one player in a larger changing of the guard in Georgia politics. Geoff Duncan, a former Republican member of the state House, will become the titular head of the state Senate as lieutenant governor. How he will handle the chamber’s complicated politics could make or break legislation.
A slate of other GOP candidates won every other statewide post. Brad Raffensperger, another ex-legislator, will become Georgia’s top elections official as secretary of state. He’ll have to navigate the tangle of voting rights problems that surfaced during last year’s elections.
And newly elected Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck joins the group of incumbents who won new terms, including Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, Attorney General Chris Carr and state School Superintendent Richard Woods.