ATLANTA (AP) – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday that she won’t challenge Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the middle of next year, providing relief to some Republicans who fear she’s too split to win.
In a lengthy post on social media platform X, Greene disputes Republican donors and advisers who fear she will shut down the moderate Republicans and independents needed to defeat Ossoff. But Green said she did not want to serve in the Senate, i.e. “It doesn’t work,” she said was led by lawmakers who were hostile to grassroots supporters, and was unwilling to shake the status quo.
“If I were going to fight for a team, it would be just a team that would be willing to put it all on hold to save the country,” she wrote.
The first Senator Ossoff has been a Republican stronghold in history, but has recently become a battlefield. He is the main goal of Republicans seeking to expand their Senate majority.
Popular Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is likely a strong opponent for Ossoff, who chose the 2026 game on Monday. His decision left a wide range of games for the Republican nomination.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents a region on the coast of Georgia, became the first major Republican candidate announced Thursday.
In addition to Green, other Republican office holders have admitted to being interested in running for the Associated Press. They include two other Republicans in the U.S. House, Mike Collins and Rich McCormick. Race also considered is Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, State Agricultural Commissioner Tyler Harper, State Insurance Commissioner John King and State Senator Greg Dolezal.
“I expect competitive primary – the Senate seats won’t be coming up often,” said Eric Tanenblatt of National Republican Fundraising and Kemp Ally, who has supported Trump’s rivals in the presidential primary.
Green is a nationally renowned and prolific fundraising event, but she embraced conspiracy theories and argued with members of her own party. She pointed out to reporters on Thursday that she has more than 11 million social media followers, saying it was because people knew her position.
Green’s appeal will be evident in the Republican primary, with many voters very loyal to the president. Her decision not to run was the day after she told reporters she was considering.
“I want to think about it and talk to my family. I’m honored to have strong support from the great people of Georgia. I have a choice,” she said Thursday.
Green was first elected to the house in 2020. She initially planned to run in a competitive area in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, but moved to the more conservative District 14 in the northwest corner of Georgia.
Green continues to embrace the plot even when 11 House Republicans joined Democrats in February 2021 to remove her from the committee. She accepted the person sentenced to prison after the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and was a political prisoner, part of her campaign to abandon attacks and charges Democrats, not Republicans, not Republicans, not Republicans.
Kevin McCarthy welcomed her back to the mainstream of Republican conventions, who formed an alliance with her. But Green has been arguing with Republicans and Democrats. The House Freedom Caucus expelled Green in 2023.
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