Get the latest updates and analysis on the Georgia races for U.S. Senate and governor — the battleground state's most hotly contested races.

Staying off the Senate ballot didn’t mean Gov. Brian Kemp would stay out of the Georgia GOP primary. Not even close.

With a flurry of calls and meetings Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp reshaped Georgia’s U.S. Senate race — and made clear he’ll play an aggressive role in a contest he opted against joining himself.

When he was inaugurated for a second term, Gov. Brian Kemp pledged to make Georgia the “electric mobility capital of America.” The state was awash in clean energy projects pumping billions of ...