Stacey Abrams: Republican Brian Kemp will be Georgia's next governor

The Democrat Stacey Abrams has acknowledged that the Republican Brian Kemp will be declared the next governor of Georgia, bringing to a close the hard-fought and bitterly contested election.The race, in a state won comfortably by Donald Trump in 2016, had been too close to call since polls closed on Tuesday last week.Kemp had clung to a slim lead, staying just above the over 50% he needed to avoid a runoff election.