The most vulnerable democratic senator who is on its way next year’s interim elections has drawn his first challenger.
Representative Buddy Carter from Georgia, a Republican, announced his entry on Thursday in the primary race that Senator Jon Ossoff wanted to challenge, only a few days later Government Brian Kemp took itself out of the battle.
The Republicans of Georgia had been waiting for months to see if Mr. Kemp would run to the chair. He would be immediately seen as a leader and a formidable challenger for Mr. Ossoff, a senator in the first term.
Mr Carter, the first Republican to benefit from the opening, would be a relatively mainstream option, but the field can be busy.
Republicans in the state have been worried In particular, that representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the polarizing Trump ally who said she is considering running, could win a primary race by attracting the most avid right-wing voters to only lose in the general elections by independent and dissatisfied, more central republicans.
Said Mrs. Greene in one Television -interview this week That she is considering a point for the Senate or for Governor in 2026, and those polling stations demonstrated that she could both win primarily. “That is a choice that I can make, and I will think about it,” she said.
In the announcement of Mr Carter, posted on X, he indicated that he would try to do the competition about his support for President Trump and about the kind of cultural issues that Mr Trump seized in the 2024 campaign, including transgender rights.
“Georgians will have a very simple choice in 2026: Do you want a Maga Warrior for you or do you want a trans -driver for them/them?” Mr. Carter wrote. “I’m with you. You can guess where Jon Ossoff is.”
Mr. Carter also bought TV time for a place of 30 seconds that begins to be broadcast on Friday, according to the Tracking Company Adimpact.
In a video he released on Thursday, Mr. Carter argued that Mr. Ossoff was out of pass with the voters of Georgia.
“Last November, Georgia spoke. But Jon Ossoff doesn’t matter,” says a Husky-voting trial in the advertisement. “He fought against President Trump who secured our border and voted for men in girls. Jon Ossoff is on the wrong side.”
Mr Ossoff, seen as a rising star in Democratic politics, avoided senator David Perdue, a Republican, during a Runoff election in 2021, driven at the momentum of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 winning in Georgia and helping both senate seats to run. But Georgia returned to his traditional Republican status in 2024 and supports Mr Trump. Mr Ossoff brought that into the dangerous position of running the president, while he needs his voters, and Republicans consider his chair as an excellent pick -up chance.
“Senator Ossoff will beat every challenger,” wrote Mr Ossoff’s campaign leader in a statement, suggesting that Mr Ossoff could build an insurmountable advantage, while the Republicans “to exceed each other and audition for the support of Donald Trump.”
Mr. Carter, a six-year-old congress member that represents Southeast Georgia, including Savannah, has run a pharmacy for decades before applying for himself, where he argued for reducing the drug prices for recipe.
He has positioned himself as an avid ally of Trump and introduced a bill earlier this year that Mr. Trump would authorize to buy Greenland and rename it “Red, White and Blueland.”
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