{"id":5388,"date":"2025-05-10T04:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-wont-run-for-senate-against-jon-ossoff\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T04:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:18:57","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-wont-run-for-senate-against-jon-ossoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-wont-run-for-senate-against-jon-ossoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for Senate against Jon Ossoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday she will not run in next year’s Georgia Senate race, a closely watched contest as Republicans hope to eject Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.<\/p>\n

“I’m not running,” Greene, a Georgia Republican and staunch Trump ally, wrote in a post on X<\/a> that excoriated Senate Republicans, saying she “won’t fight for a team that refuses to win.”<\/p>\n

Greene’s decision came days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who was widely seen as a top contender for the Senate seat,\u00a0chose not to seek<\/a><\/span> the Republican nomination Monday, leaving the primary field largely open.<\/p>\n

Georgia GOP Rep. Buddy Carter entered the Senate race<\/a> Thursday, branding himself a “MAGA Warrior” and a close ally of President Trump’s.<\/p>\n

The Georgia seat is important to both parties’ Senate ambitions. Republicans are looking to oust Ossoff to expand their 53-47 majority in the chamber, while holding onto the seat could be crucial to Democrats’ efforts to win control of the Senate.<\/p>\n

Recent elections in Georgia have been razor-thin, despite the state’s history as a reliably conservative state. Ossoff won his seat by less than two points<\/a> in a 2021 Senate runoff. And Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock was reelected<\/a> by under three points in 2022.<\/p>\n

First elected in 2020, Greene is one of the House Republican caucus’ best-known \u2014 and most polarizing \u2014 members, known for her heated rhetoric<\/a>,\u00a0hard-right<\/a><\/span>\u00a0views<\/a><\/span> and\u00a0clashes with her party’s leadership<\/a><\/span>. She’s also a prolific fundraiser<\/a>, and a Trump loyalist: Mr. Trump said in 2023 he would “fight like hell” to elect Greene to the Senate<\/a> if she chose to run.<\/p>\n

But Greene’s polling numbers against Ossoff lagged behind Kemp’s. One hypothetical Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a> poll from last month showed Ossoff leading her 54%-37%. Kemp, meanwhile, led Ossoff 49%-46% \u2014 within the 3.1-point margin of error.<\/p>\n

Before making his public announcement, Kemp told<\/a><\/span> Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina \u2014 chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee \u2014 he would not run for Senate, noting concerns from his family, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News.<\/p>\n

However, Kemp is still considering his future in the party and may have higher aspirations, according to a senior GOP operative.<\/p>\n

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Fin Daniel G\u00f3mez<\/a><\/p>\n

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