Kemp Pushes Derek Dooley for Senate in Georgia

Trump team 'pissed off' with Kemp over candidate pick in Georgia's Senate GOP primary battle

Tensions rise between Trump's team and Gov. Kemp's advisers over the latter's selection of Derek Dooley for Georgia's 2026 Senate race against Democrat Ossoff.

John King exits Georgia Senate race as Kemp leans into Derek Dooley

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King suspended his Senate campaign on Thursday as the state’s Republican governor looks to another candidate to fulfill the GOP’s hopes of ousting Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).  The race to secure the GOP’s primary nomination ahead of the 2026 Senate election is shaping up to become a volatile free-for-all that could end up pitting a candidate preferred by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) against a contender backed by Preside…

Kemp Pushes Derek Dooley for Senate in Georgia

“Gov. Brian Kemp is making a late push to help lay the groundwork for former football coach Derek Dooley’s U.S. Senate bid — directly telling Insurance Commissioner John King and U.S. Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter he won’t support their campaigns,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The behind-the-scenes moves came Thursday as Dooley, a longtime Kemp ally, prepares to enter the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. J…