The file

Brian Kemp

Republican · Governor of Georgia · Georgia · Spectrum score +50

Governor ·

Brian Kemp is Governor of Georgia in Georgia. Political positions and ideology score +50 (Right). Kemp is the man who certified.

College: University of Georgia, B.S. 1987
Spouse: Marty Argo Kemp (m. 1994)
Children: Three
Résumé: Governor of Georgia · 2019–
Secretary of State · Georgia · 2010–2018
Georgia State Senate · 2003–2007

Net worth: $12.0M
Salary: $185,000
Before office: $3.0M
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 23

Where Brian stands on the spectrum

Brian Kemp scores +50 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +50 · Right · economic +51 · social +47 · authoritarian +27

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Kemp is the man who certified. The file is Georgia land-and-ag money, a 2020 that the national GOP treated as betrayal, and a 2022 that proved the suburban coalition still exists in the South if you ignore the timeline.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$12.0M

+300% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$3.0M

Now$12.0M

Agribusiness and land. He was a Georgia businessman before he was a Trump enemy and then a Trump problem.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Agribusiness
Real estate
Energy

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Georgia land-and-ag. Funds plus dirt, not NVDA.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$500K–$2.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$150K–$600K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$500K–$2.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$150K–$600K

Sum of ranges $650K–$2.6M · midpoint $1.6M

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

2020 certification vs a 2022 primary the base wanted as revenge.
Land and ag holdings vs growth-machine Atlanta.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +51
Social: +47
Authoritarian: +27
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending+62
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+52
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

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Sources

State record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.