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MTG Gets Huge News For Her Potential Senate Run
Georgia politics just got a whole lot wilder. With Governor Brian Kemp officially announcing he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2026, the race to challenge Democrat Jon Ossoff is now wide open — and that’s huge news for one name in particular: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
The firebrand congresswoman from Georgia’s 14th District, a close ally of President Donald Trump, had reportedly been eyeing a Senate run for months. Now, with Kemp out of the picture, Greene’s chances of dominating the GOP primary just skyrocketed.
“It’s like wow, not necessarily the news we wanted to hear,” said former Cobb County GOP chair Jason Shepherd, reacting to Kemp’s decision. And he’s not alone. According to Politico, multiple GOP officials saw Kemp as the strongest candidate to unseat Ossoff, whose fundraising machine and national profile have Democrats hoping to hold the seat in what will be a crucial midterm.
Kemp, in a post on Monday morning, said he had spoken with President Trump and Senate leadership before making the decision. “Being on the ballot next year is not the right decision for me and my family,” he wrote. Kemp also pledged to help elect “a strong Republican nominee” in 2026.
“I am confident we will be united in that important effort, and I look forward to electing the next generation of leaders up and down the ballot here in the Peach State who will keep our state and nation headed in the right direction in 2026 and beyond,” Kemp finished.
An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll showed Gov. Kemp and Sen. Ossoff in a virtual tie for the potential 2026 Senate showdown.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – NOVEMBER 02, 2024: US senior senator from Georgia, Jon Ossoff, attends US Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic Party nominee’s rally in Atlanta, Georgia.
But now that the moderate governor is out, all eyes are on MTG. According to reports close to Greene, she’s been actively preparing behind the scenes, believing she could “crush” the primary if Kemp stepped aside. Her team is reportedly confident that her loyal base and backing from Trump world give her a huge edge in what’s expected to be a bruising fight for the GOP nomination.
Greene has not officially announced her candidacy, but the dominoes are lining up. “If she got in tomorrow, she’d raise millions of dollars online in the first week,” one source told the Daily Caller in April. “If I was one of the other members of Congress that was looking at the race, I would not be fired up about running against her.”
And while Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed disappointment, he tried to sound optimistic: “He would have been a great candidate. But I’ve said all along that seat’s going to be competitive, and the good news is there’s lots of interest.”
Democrats, meanwhile, are sitting back and watching the GOP infighting unfold. Ossoff raised a jaw-dropping $11 million in the first quarter — unheard of for a non-election year — and is expected to cruise through a quiet primary.
Republicans, on the other hand, could be looking at a long, expensive, and deeply divisive battle that leaves the nominee battered going into the general election.
