Ex-Sen. David Perdue
David PerdueLoeffler leaves the door open for the 2022 rematch against Warnock Trump ready to make McConnell’s life miserable. Lose in the potential run for 2022: GOP must win back the Senate MORE (R-Ga.) On Tuesday it ruled out a Senate nomination in next year’s midterm elections, somewhat easing concerns over a potentially controversial Republican primary in 2022.
In an email to supporters, Perdue said that his decision to resign from another Senate campaign was “personal” and not political. But the announcement came a day after the former senator. Kelly Loeffler
Kelly LoefflerLoeffler leaves the door open for the 2022 rematch against Warnock Perdue in the potential run for 2022: the GOP must retrieve the paperwork from the Perdue Senate files to explore the 2022 Senate race MORE (R-Ga.) It opened the door for a rematch against Sen. Raphael Warnock
Raphael WarnockLoeffler leaves the door open for the 2022 rematch against Warnock Garland who is set to become Biden’s AG after a high court robbery. Conservative groups seek to reinforce opposition to Biden’s choice of HHS MORE (D-Ga.) In 2022.
“After much prayer and reflection, Bonnie and I have decided that we will not enter the race for the United States Senate in Georgia in 2022,” said Perdue. “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 vacancy, and I will do everything I can to make that happen. ”
“As we saw in my race in November, Georgia is not a blue state. The more Georgians vote, the better Republicans vote. These two current US liberal senators do not represent the values of most Georgians. “
Perdue’s announcement came just a week after he confirmed that he was thinking of a 2022 campaign against Warnock after losing the runoff on January 5 to Sen. Jon Ossoff
Jon OssoffLoeffler leaves the door open for the 2022 rematch against Warnock Garland who is expected to become Biden’s AG after conservative groups try to reinforce opposition to Biden’s HHS choice MORE (D-Ga.). Warnock also won his seat on January 5, after defeating Loeffler in a simultaneous runoff.
With Warnock and Ossoff’s two victories last month, Democrats gained control of both Georgia Senate seats for the first time in nearly two decades and effectively won a majority in the upper house.
But Perdue was not the only former Republican lawmaker weighing a return in 2022. Loeffler told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an interview published on Monday that a rematch with Warnock “is certainly at stake”.
Former Representative Doug Collins
Douglas (Doug) Allen CollinsLoeffler leaves the doors open for the 2022 rematch against Warnock On The Trail: Trump threatens a Teaux Perdue redux in the potential race of 2022: GOP must win back the Senate MORE (R-Ga.), Who unsuccessfully challenged Loeffler in 2020, is also considering a run for Warnock’s seat.
Republicans, however, are eager to avoid a primary dispute in 2022, after a close fight between Loeffler and Collins last year, which allowed Warnock to come out relatively unscathed in the general election. In his interview with the Journal-Constitution, Loeffler warned that a brutal Republican primary would only help Democrats.
“I appreciate Doug’s service to our country. I appreciate your work in our second round. I won Doug by 6 points in the general election, ”Loeffler told the newspaper. “But the result is what happens when Republicans join Democrats to attack other Republicans.”
“It doesn’t end well for Republicans and it hurts us from top to bottom on the ticket,” she added. “My focus is on the lessons learned. We need to make sure that together we are advancing and strengthening our party, not destroying it ”.