Fox News: Top GOP recruit for crucial 2026 Senate race hints when he will make an announcement

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Top GOP recruit for crucial 2026 Senate race hints when he will make an announcement

Popular conservative Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, who is top GOP recruit to flip a Democrat held Senate seat in the key southeastern battleground, reveals his timetable for making a decision on a 2026 run......                    ...                        ...Republican You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Georgia is well aware that plenty of people are waiting for his decision on whether to run for the Senate next year.......The popular term-limited conservative governor is the GOP's dream candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is considered vulnerable, in the key southeastern battleground state, as Republicans aim to expand their 53-47 Senate majority in the 2026You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We need to flip that seat. We should have a Republican in that seat, and I believe we'll have one after the '26 election," Kemp said in a Fox News Digital interview this past week.......Kemp isn't ready to make an announcement, emphasizing that he's "really got a lot on my plate right now."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I'm in the middle of my legislative session. We've got a big tort reform fight going on. I'm chairing the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login I made a commitment on that," he added.......But the governor acknowledged that "I know I can't keep holding out forever, so we'll have something to say on that down the road."......Georgia's legislative session is scheduled to adjourn on April 4.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginchair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the Senate GOP's campaign arm, has said that Kemp is a top recruit, and he hopes the governor will run.......And recent partisan pollingYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginindicated Kemp topping Ossoff in a hypothetical matchup.......But the NRSC is confident of flipping the seat in Georgia even if Kemp decides to take a pass on a 2026 run.......Among the Republicans who've expressed interest in a run for the Senate seat in Georgia if Kemp opts out are Reps. Buddy Carter, Rich McCormick, Mike Collins, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, a top ally of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and a political rockstar on the far right with a very large national profile, along with state Insurance Commissioner John King.......Kemp was interviewed as he chaired the Republican Governors Association's (RGA) winter meeting in Washington D.C.......The governor, who has been steering the RGA for three months, emphasized his frenetic schedule to fundraise and recruit candidates. ......"Doing a lot of stuff in Florida, Texas, been to California, will be traveling to help other governors, but also just in DC, you know, continuing to work hard to raise money, really, all across the board," he said.......And Kemp said he's aiming to "really grow the organization, grow the donor base, and make people understand why it's so important to have Republican governors, because we are the incubators of democracy. We're the ones that are implementing a lot of these new and efficient things that we're doing that then may filter out to another state and then another state after that."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Republicans held onto their 27-23 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginin the 2024 elections, thanks in part to the efforts of the RGA.......Looking ahead, New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states to hold You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login this year, giving them outsized national attention and making them key barometers for the mood of Americans during the start of a new presidential term.......A competitive GOP primary is underway in blue-state You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login where Republicans hope to win a gubernatorial election for the first time in a dozen years.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......And You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, GOP Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears is aiming to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin [Virginia governors can only serve one consecutive four-year term] and make history as the state's first woman governor and the nation's first Black female governor.......Next year, 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections.......Pointing to the two-year cycle, Kemp said, "There's a lot of work to do, but we are right on the ideas, and we just got to have the money and the fundamentals to be able to have a playbook and a plan and all these races to make sure we continue to have great Republican governors that are elected around the country."...

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