{"id":32769,"date":"2025-02-07T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/conservative-firebrand-considering-all-possibilities-for-two-key-races-in-georgia-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:06:19","slug":"conservative-firebrand-considering-all-possibilities-for-two-key-races-in-georgia-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/conservative-firebrand-considering-all-possibilities-for-two-key-races-in-georgia-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative firebrand ‘considering all possibilities’ for two key races in Georgia next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, one of the most visibile and combustible members of Congress and a top supporter of President Donald Trump<\/a> in the House, says she is not closing any doors when it comes to a run for the Senate or governor in her home state next year.<\/p>\n

“Of course, I’m considering all possibilities. No decisions have been made, but I would be telling a lie if I didn’t say I wasn’t considering it,” Greene said when asked during an interview Thursday evening with the Atlanta Journal Constitution about a possible Senate bid in 2026.<\/p>\n

Greene, who is now in her third term representing the heavily red northwest corner of the key southeastern battleground state, added that a bid for Georgia governor<\/a> was also on the table.<\/p>\n

WILL THIS POPULAR REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR JUMP INTO A TOP 2026 SENATE RACE?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The congresswoman, thanks to her regular in-your-face social media attacks on the left as well as some well-documented infighting with fellow Republicans<\/a> in the House, has vastly expanded her national profile over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

WHY SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE OFF TO A STRONG START IN 2026 BALLOT BOX BATTLE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Senate race in Georgia, where Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff is facing re-election in 2026, will likely be one of the most competitive, divisive and expensive showdowns of the cycle, as the GOP tries to hold and possibly expand its current 53-47 majority in the chamber.<\/p>\n

Georgia and national Republicans are courting popular conservative Republican Gov. Brian Kemp <\/a>– who is term-limited and cannot seek re-election next year – to run for the Senate.<\/p>\n

“I think Gov. Kemp would be a very solid candidate,” Greene said.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

TRUMP-BACKED 2024 GOP SENATE NOMINEE IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE MOVING TOWARDS ANOTHER RUN IN 2026<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Kemp has not weighed in publicly on whether he’ll run for the Senate.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see what happens down the road,” he told Fox News Digital late last year.<\/p>\n

When asked about his political future, the governor said “I try to keep all doors open in politics.”<\/p>\n

If Kemp does not run for the Senate, other Republicans besides Greene who may potentially launch a campaign include Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins, state insurance commissioner John King and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.<\/p>\n

In the Republican race to succeed Kemp as governor, Lt. Gov Burt Jones, a top Trump loyalist, and attorney general Chris Carr are expected to be the leading candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, one of the most visibile and combustible members of Congress and a top supporter of President Donald Trump in the House, says she is not closing any doors when it comes to a run for the Senate or governor in her home state next year. “Of course, I’m considering … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}