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Providing alcohol to underage girls that you have power over is illegal and even if nothing happened it is not a good look.
Kemp is a conservative governor whose state is perceived as doing well economically.
DeSantis is also all of that, but has better name recognition. What advantage does Kemp have? >

Less documented instances of being a fascist, less accusations of being a war criminal and less accusations of sexual assault of minors >

The last one is very recent and I look forward to seeing if it has legs. The other two are probably pluses for the GOP primary electorate.
edit: maybe I'm behind on this story, but I thought it was just, "Here's an old photo of him 'cuddling' with underage students... Therefore, groomer!" Has one of them actually accused him of SA?