TIFTON — Gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp made a stop at the American Textile Company in Tifton while on the Georgia Republican Party’s “Road to Victory” bus tour on Oct. 31.

Candidates including Lieutenant Governor Jeff Duncan, Public Service commission Tricia Pridemore, Public Service Commissioner Chuck Eaton, Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, Superintendent of Education Richard Woods were with Kemp in the tour.

Senator Greg Kirk, Representative Penny Houston and U.S. Representative Austin Scott made appearances in support even though they are running unopposed for their seats.

All of the speakers at the tour stop urged Republicans to get out and vote.

Duncan and Kemp, families in tow, stayed on message, highlighting their focus on rural parts of the state.

Duncan said conservative ideas and principles are key to keeping Georgia moving forward.

“We’re going to continue fighting hard for those values,” he said, expounding on lower taxes, smaller government and strengthening the Second Amendment.

Kemp began his speech by asking for thoughts and prayers for Pittsburgh, saying that it was “an attack on all of us as Americans.”

He urged attendees to not just vote in the governor’s race, but all down the ticket.

Kemp said that he was fighting for the agriculture and hospitality industries, for manufacturing and small business.

“That’s what we are fighting for,” he said. “And make no mistake, we are in a fight. We are in a fight of our lives right now. Campaigns and elections are about visions, about the direction that we will go. There’s two of them. We have one direction and they have another. The choices are very clear in this election. I don’t know of another campaign for governor where the stakes have ever been higher for our Georgia families.”

“It’s been a long journey but victory’s in sight,” Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black said. “We’ve never faced an election like this, ladies and gentlemen. Whether it’s the ag community or deep in the heart of Atlanta, we’ve never had the opportunity to see such a drastic contrast. We’re at a fork in the road for the future of Georgia.”

Black referenced recent comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams by pointing out Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College representatives, much to the amusement of the crowd.

Kemp is running against Abrams and Libertarian candidate Ted Metz. Polls show Kemp and Abrams neck and neck, with Metz taking up as much as 4 percent of the electorate.

“Let’s show pity on these poor children who have chosen the field of agriculture for employment,” he said. “We’re so sorry.”

Austin Scott, who applauded bipartisan efforts to make Georgia a top business state, said that keeping a pro-business state government depends on Republicans keeping control of the state.

“I want a governor and a lieutenant governor that’s going to keep bringing businesses from up north and out west where they have those bad (business) policies to Georgia,” he said. “We’ve got a chance in a few days to make sure Georgia maintains that pro-business environment.”

The Kemp and GOP buses were accompanied by a Trump 2020 bus.