Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s field director, Brad Hughes, sat in on lobbying meetings between the governor, his policy staff and two political groups that Hughes is affiliated with, emails from a public records request show. Frontline Policy Action, the lobbying arm of an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group that Hughes helps lead, endorsed and funded efforts to reelect Kemp in 2022, finance records show. Hatewatch previously reported that in 2024, the group also gave $350,000 to Kemp’s Georgians First Leadership Committee.