{"id":430263,"date":"2021-04-16T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430263"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:35:20","slug":"vernon-jones-will-challenge-georgia-gov-kemp-in-2022-republican-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vernon-jones-will-challenge-georgia-gov-kemp-in-2022-republican-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Jones Will Challenge Georgia Gov. Kemp In 2022 Republican Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvernon-jones-will-challenge-georgia-gov-kemp-in-2022-republican-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"36.3125\">\n<p>Former Democratic Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones announced his decision on Thursday to run for Governor of Georgia in the upcoming 2022 Republican primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time has come. Georgia is ready!\u201d Jones, a lifelong Democrat who became a Republican after he supported former President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection bid, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepVernonJones\/status\/1382773451547684864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019 announcement included details about a national press conference to be held on Friday at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia regarding his campaign bid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.1681415929204\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The time has come. Georgia is ready! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ClIcnF6JtI\">pic.twitter.com\/ClIcnF6JtI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vernon Jones (@RepVernonJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepVernonJones\/status\/1382773451547684864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones received backlash from members of his party after he officially <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/14\/georgia-democrat-black-community-trump-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Trump for reelection on April 14, 2020, making him the first state-elected Democrat to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Jones officially announced that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/georgia-vernon-jones-joining-republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">switching<\/a> his party affiliation to Republican in January after previously stating that he would not be switching parties.<\/p>\n<p>Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/vernon-jones-georgia-race-governor-gubernatorial-election-brian-kemp-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in March that he was \u201clooking closely,\u201d at a run for Governor of Georgia against Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, stating that \u201cwe need courageous conservatives leading our state, not those afraid to stand up to the Radical Left.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/24\/vernon-jones-republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Donald Trump Did That\u2019: Vernon Jones Makes His Case For Why The Black Community Should Support Trump)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.302325581395\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m looking closely at Georgia\u2019s race for Governor.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for Brian Kemp, Donald Trump would still be President of these United States.<\/p>\n<p>We need courageous conservatives leading our state, not those afraid to stand up to the Radical Left.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vernon Jones (@RepVernonJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepVernonJones\/status\/1374035160677691394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic Georgia state Rep. 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