Blake Tillery has joined a growing list of his Senate colleagues who have officially launched their campaigns for lieutenant governor.

Tillery, a Vidalia Republican, kicked off his campaign Monday with a seven-city tour that crisscrossed Georgia from Savannah to Atlanta with plans to end in his hometown.

Tillery was joined at the Georgia Capitol on Monday by his wife and two sons, ages 4 and 1, his parents and a handful of supporters.

“They’re the reason I’m running,” Tillery said of his children. “You see, I think we should continue to focus on values that matter to Georgians, and I want my kids to be raised in a Georgia just like I was. One that believes in faith in God and puts Georgia values first.”

The main roles of the lieutenant governor are to preside over the Senate and step

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