EXCLUSIVE: Former Senator David Perdue filed with the Federal Election Commission paperwork on Monday to become a candidate to run for the Senate in 2022, Fox News learned.
Perdue, who lost re-election to Senator Jon Osoff, D-Ga., During the second round of the Georgia Senate on January 5, filed FEC paperwork on Monday night, designating a “main campaign committee “titled:” Perdue for Senate “.
A well-known source told Fox News that Perdue would not be running for his old position, since re-election is not possible, but the seat now occupied by newcomer Senator Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.
Warnock defeated Senator Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., Who was nominated by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
Perdue did not formally announce his candidacy for 2022, but filling out the paperwork on Monday is an important step in that direction, a known source told Fox News, saying the former senator will make a final decision in the coming weeks.
The source told Fox News that Perdue is inclined to run.