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.