Former Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) Announced on Tuesday that he will not enter the race for the US Senate in Georgia in 2022.
Why it matters: The 2022 election will play a key role in determining which party controls the Senate after Republicans – including Perdue – lost two seats in Georgia to Democrats during last month’s second round.
- Perdue ran in a tighter race against Now-Sen. Jon Ossoff than his Republican colleague Kelly Loeffer did against the now Sen. Raphael Warnock.
- As Warnock ran for a special election, he will be re-elected in 2022. Loeffler and ex-deputy Doug Collins are among the Republicans they consider challenging.
What they are saying: “This is a personal decision, not a political one. I am confident that whoever wins the Republican primary next year will defeat the Democratic candidate in the general election for this seat, and I will do everything I can to make that happen,” said Perdue said in a statement.
- “As we saw in my run in November, Georgia is not a blue state. The more Georgians vote, the better Republicans do. These two current US liberal senators do not represent the values of most Georgians.”