Georgia state Sen. Michael Williams came in fifth place in the race for the state's Republican nomination for governor after a campaign in which he pitched himself as President Donald Trump's most staunch supporter.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle earned 38.9 percent of the votes and Secretary of State Brian Kemp brought in 25.5 percent. Williams came in fifth, with 4.9 percent, The New York Times reported.
One candidate, Eddie Hayes, earned fewer votes in the GOP primary than Williams. Hayes only brought in 939 votes, The Times reported.
Williams gained national attention for running an ad featuring a "Deportation Bus" that he said would be used to send home people that are in the country illegally. The back of the bus warned of murderers, rapists, child molesters, and other criminals on board and said, "Follow me to Mexico."
The state senator was the first Georgia official to support Trump in late 2015. Only Williams supported Trump's plan to open Georgia's coast to offshore drilling, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Because neither candidate brought in 50 percent of the vote, Cagle and Kemp will compete in a runoff against each other for the GOP nomination on July 24.
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