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  • Conservative firebrand ‘considering all possibilities’ for two key races in Georgia next year

    Conservative firebrand ‘considering all possibilities’ for two key races in Georgia next year

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, one of the most visibile and combustible members of Congress and a top supporter of President Donald Trump in the House, says she is not closing any doors when it comes to a run for the Senate or governor in her home state next year.

    “Of course, I’m considering all possibilities. No decisions have been made, but I would be telling a lie if I didn’t say I wasn’t considering it,” Greene said when asked during an interview Thursday evening with the Atlanta Journal Constitution about a possible Senate bid in 2026.

    Greene, who is now in her third term representing the heavily red northwest corner of the key southeastern battleground state, added that a bid for Georgia governor was also on the table.

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    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) questions witnesses during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 6, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    The congresswoman, thanks to her regular in-your-face social media attacks on the left as well as some well-documented infighting with fellow Republicans in the House, has vastly expanded her national profile over the past couple of years.

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    The Senate race in Georgia, where Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff is facing re-election in 2026, will likely be one of the most competitive, divisive and expensive showdowns of the cycle, as the GOP tries to hold and possibly expand its current 53-47 majority in the chamber.

    Senator Jon Ossoff at a subcommittee hearing

    Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff arrives before a subcommittee hearing on Sept. 13, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

    Georgia and national Republicans are courting popular conservative Republican Gov. Brian Kemp – who is term-limited and cannot seek re-election next year – to run for the Senate.

    “I think Gov. Kemp would be a very solid candidate,” Greene said. 

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    Kemp has not weighed in publicly on whether he’ll run for the Senate.

    “We’ll see what happens down the road,” he told Fox News Digital late last year.

    When asked about his political future, the governor said “I try to keep all doors open in politics.”

    If Kemp does not run for the Senate, other Republicans besides Greene who may potentially launch a campaign include Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins, state insurance commissioner John King and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

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    In the Republican race to succeed Kemp as governor, Lt. Gov Burt Jones, a top Trump loyalist, and attorney general Chris Carr are expected to be the leading candidates.

  • House GOP firebrand invokes Trump while mulling gubernatorial run in South Carolina: ‘I’m a fighter’

    House GOP firebrand invokes Trump while mulling gubernatorial run in South Carolina: ‘I’m a fighter’

    Rep. Nancy Mace says if she moves ahead and launches a 2026 Republican run for South Carolina governor, she’ll aim “to lock down support” from President Trump.

    “I had Pres. Trump’s endorsement in the House and I am working hard to lock down support in this race. He said I am a strong conservative voice, he knows I’m a fighter,” Mace said Thursday in a statement to Fox News Digital.

    A day earlier, Mace took to social media to reiterate what she first told the AP, that’s she’s seriously considering a gubernatorial run in the race to succeed GOP Gov. Henry McMaster, who is term-limited.

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    Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) arrives for a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

    “President Trump needs bold leaders to implement his agenda in every state across the nation. It will take grit. It will take strength. It will take hard work. I can confirm, affirmative, yes, we are considering a run in 2026. South Carolina First,” Mace said in her social media post.

    Mace, who was first elected to the House in the 2020 election, didn’t vote to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists and other Trump supporters who aimed to disrupt congressional certification of former President Biden’s 2020 election victory.

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    But she later blamed Trump for the attack on the U.S. Capital, and in 2022 faced – but survived – a Republican primary challenge from a rival backed by Trump.

    Rep. Nancy Mace South Carolina

    Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina speaks to supporters at a campaign event in Summerville, S.C., on June 12, 2022 (Fox News )

    Mace endorsed the former president as he ran for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination and campaigned for him in South Carolina’s crucial early voting presidential primary. 

    Trump returned the favor, backing Mace as she ran for re-election last year.

    Mace told Fox News Digital that “I’ve proven my leadership, from the state legislature to Washington, my bold conservative policies are rooted in the Constitution, liberty, small government, and common sense.”

    “I believe in a government small enough to fit into the Constitution,” she added.

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    And Mace emphasized that “I kick ass and take names from South Carolina to DC and back, that’s the leadership the Palmetto State is looking for.”

    Mace recently made headlines by introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol or the adjoining House office buildings. It’s an issue of high interest to many voters on the right.

    Nancy Mace speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention

    Rep. Nancy Mace speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

    Trump is very popular in Republican-dominated South Carolina, and his endorsement in a GOP gubernatorial primary would be immensely influential among the state’s conservative electorate.

    Attorney General Alan Wilson, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and state Sens. Josh Kimbrell and Sean Bennett are among those also considering gubernatorial bids.

    It’s going to be a crowded field, veteran South Carolina-based Republican consultant Dave Wilson told Fox News. “There’s going to be a lot of people who are going to throw their hat in the ring.”

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    “It’s going to be a battle of the conservatives – how conservative you can be in South Carolina,” Wilson emphasized.

    McMaster, another top Trump ally, is on track to become South Carolina’s longest serving governor. The then-lieutenant governor succeeded Gov. Nikki Haley in 2017 when she stepped down to become ambassador to the United Nations in Trump’s first term. McMaster went on to win election in 2018 to a full four-year term, and re-election in 2022.