ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene mentioned Friday she received’t problem Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in subsequent yr’s midterms, delivering reduction for some Republicans who fear she’s too divisive to win.
In a prolonged publish on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who worry she would flip off the reasonable Republicans and independents wanted to beat Ossoff. However Greene mentioned she doesn’t wish to serve in a Senate that “doesn’t work” and that she mentioned is dominated by lawmakers hostile to grassroots Trump supporters and unwilling to shake up the established order.
“If I’m going to fight for a team, it will only be a team willing to lay it all on the line to save this country,” she wrote.
Ossoff, a first-term senator, received the seat by a slim margin in a state that has traditionally been a Republican stronghold however has extra just lately grow to be a battleground. He’s a high goal for Republicans trying to broaden their slender Senate majority.
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Standard Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who might be a formidable opponent for Ossoff, opted out of the 2026 race on Monday. His resolution leaves a wide-open race for the GOP nomination.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents a district on the Georgia coast, turned the first main Republican candidate to declare Thursday.
Six different GOP officeholders in addition to Greene have acknowledged curiosity in operating to The Related Press. They embody two different Republicans within the U.S. Home, Mike Collins and Wealthy McCormick. Additionally contemplating the race are Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, state Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, state Insurance coverage Commissioner John King and state Sen. Greg Dolezal.
“I expect a competitive primary — Senate seats don’t come along that often,” mentioned Eric Tanenblatt, a high nationwide GOP fundraiser and Kemp ally who has backed Trump’s rivals in presidential primaries.
Greene is nationally identified and a prolific fundraiser, however she has embraced conspiracy theories and feuded with members of her personal celebration. On Thursday, she famous to reporters that she has greater than 11 million social media followers, saying that’s as a result of individuals know the place she stands.
Greene’s attraction could be clear in a GOP main with many citizens fiercely loyal to the president. Her resolution to not run got here a day after she informed reporters she was contemplating it.
“I’m going to give it some thought, talk to my family. I’m honored to have so much support from the great people of Georgia. And I have options,” she mentioned Thursday.
Greene was first elected to the Home in 2020. She initially deliberate to run in a aggressive district in northern Atlanta’s suburbs, however relocated into the rather more conservative 14th District in Georgia’s northwest nook.
Greene continued to embrace conspiracies even after 11 Home Republicans joined Democrats to take away her committee assignments in February 2021. She embraced individuals jailed on fees following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol as political prisoners, a part of her marketing campaign to reframe the narrative of the assault and forged Democrats, not Republicans, as a celebration of violence.
She was welcomed again into the mainstream of the Republican convention by Kevin McCarthy, who cast an alliance along with her. However Greene stored feuding with Republicans and Democrats alike. The Home Freedom Caucus expelled Greene in 2023.
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