Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton Mayor Roy Quilliams shares a laugh with Gov. Brian Kemp after the governor puts a Dooley for U.S. Senate sticker on Quilliams’ shirt at the May 29 Meet & Greet in Rabun County.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Joey Haban and Stewart Harvard talk with Derek Dooley, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, during a May 29 Meet & Greet as Dooley, a Clayton resident, and Gov. Brian Kemp make a Wildcat Grill visit in Tiger. Dooley will face U.S. Rep. Mike Collins in a June 16 runoff for the nomination.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With the assistance of his campaign staff, former football coach Derek Dooley (right) looks through pieces of paper with the names of those in attendance.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Gov. Brian Kemp (center) talks with constituents on May 29 at a Rabun County Meet & Greet with the governor and Derek Dooley, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat. The event was held at the Wildcat Grill in Tiger for Dooley, a Clayton resident.
The Dooley and Kemp families have been close friends for decades as one family established itself through coaching, and the other established itself within the political arena.For years, amo...

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