After winning the Republican runoff for governor of Georgia on Tuesday — a blistering campaign that included his threat to “round up criminal illegals” in his pickup truck — Brian Kemp used his victory night speech to heap scorn on Stacey Abrams, his Democratic opponent, frequently lopping her in with female leaders like Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

Below is an annotation of his speech by Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent at The Times, and Alan Blinder, a Times national reporter based in Atlanta. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

Kemp declares himself ‘Kemp strong’ …

I was going to ask y’all how it’s going out there, Athens! Are we ready to ring the victory bell tonight? Let me thank y’all so much for a great turnout, and what a great night that we’ve had. I want to thank you. We have earned a clear, convincing victory, and we have you to thank for that. I’m very grateful.

Mr. Kemp won almost all of Georgia’s 159 counties, including the home county of his rival, Casey Cagle. Mr. Kemp did not mark his victory in Atlanta, where many statewide politicians celebrate, and which is Ms. Abrams’s political base. Instead he chose his hometown, Athens.

I also want you to know how excited that we are to be moving on to November! I wanted to thank Marty and the girls for their hard work, for their commitment and obviously for the love that they’ve shown to this family and this state over the last 15 months. Those miles that we have traveled for 15 months have brought us closer. The attacks have made us stronger. Vice President Pence said it best: We are Kemp strong.

With a visit to Macon on Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence shared the White House bully pulpit with Mr. Kemp, giving him an even greater surge of attention in the waning days of the campaign.

I want these girls to know that I am forever grateful. I want y’all to quit crying, too. We’re just celebrating. Listen, I also want to thank our grass-roots volunteers. You people, you people, you know who you are. We appreciate you; we’ve worked so hard. I also want to thank our donors, our interns and our hard-working staff. Thanks to all these hard-working Georgians, we have connected with Georgia voters, and we have shared our conservative, four-point plan with folks in literally every county of this state. We kept chopping, and tonight’s victory reflects on that unwavering commitment that all of you have had that has secured this victory tonight, and I'm grateful. Thank you very much.

Mr. Kemp will need to improve his fund-raising for the general election. He lagged behind Mr. Cagle throughout this year, and Ms. Abrams has proved formidable, pulling in more than $6 million so far.

I also want to take just a moment and thank those local and state elected officials that are in attendance tonight. They’re from all over the state, and ladies and gentlemen, these folks believed in me when no one else did. They put their reputation on the line for us. They put their political futures on the line for us, for what many considered a long-shot candidate, and I will never forget. I will never forget that.

Mr. Kemp was hardly the favorite of Georgia’s political establishment: Mr. Cagle spent years laying the groundwork for a campaign and earned the endorsement of Gov. Nathan Deal.