Credit: Nathan Posner for the AJC
Credit: Nathan Posner for the AJC
US rep. Buddy Carter
Fiveau holder with five mandates, Carter is preparing for a potential Senate offer for years. In 2021, he brought together a campaign team to challenge Senator Raphael Warnock before spending a race when the football star Herschel Walker entered the competition.
Although it is not a familiar name in Georgia’s policy, the pharmacist for the Savannah region has built a reputation as a representative focused on the constituents and is rich enough for at least partially a self-infinational campaign.
Recently, he aligned himself even more firmly behind President Donald Trump, raising his eyebrows earlier this year when he introduced legislation that would authorize the president to negotiate an agreement with the Denmark government to buy Greenland and rename it “red, white and blue.”
Status: Likely to run.
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Credit: Natrice Miller / AJC
US rep. Mike Collins
The son of a former Congress member, Collins was elected to his deeply conservative headquarters in northeast Georgia in 2022 after defeating a rival supported by Trump in a runoff. He has not wasteped time making a brand in Washington.
Still loyalist of Fierce Trump, he acquired a reputation as a legislative workhorse and political brawler.
He was the first member of the first year class to sponsor a bill signed by President Joe Biden. And the first law that Trump signed in January was a repression of immigration supported by Collins appointed for the nursing student of Georgia murdered, Laken Riley.
Collins has traveled the country campaigning for other Maga candidates in order to create a “US Congress First”. And it is an element of the struggle in the circles of Georgia Gop, attracting hundreds of supporters in a rally of May where he unloaded in Ossoff.
His memes and far -right catches attracted him Loyalists from Trump. But they also aroused controversy. Critics labeled racists or xenophobes, and he faced Bipartisan reactions last year for the spread of conspiracy theories.
Status: Likely to run.
Credit: Jenni Girtman
Credit: Jenni Girtman
US rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Once so obscure that even many Republicans had not heard of her, Marjorie Taylor Greene is now known through the country by only three letters: MTG.
The former owner of a fitness studio, Greene made her first foray into politics in 2020 when she set up a short-term offer for a suburban seat in Atlanta before moving to a deep red district in the northwest of Georgia after a long-standing GoP.
This race was marked by a meticulous examination of its history of hateful and conspiracy remarks. Since then, she has become one of the most polarizing figures in Congress, fueled by a shock and awakening style that made her a Trump favorite.
This polarizing character has democrats eager that she jumps in the race. Ossoff openly sharpened it, wondering if it has the “courage to do it”. And the last AJC survey shows it with an advantage of 17 points on Greene in a hypothetical match.
Status: consider an offer.
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Credit: Miguel Martinez / AJC
John King insurance commissioner
Originally from Mexico, the king went from Atlanta to beat COP to the Doraville police chief before Kemp appointed him as an insurance commissioner in 2019. He was elected to a complete mandate in 2022, becoming the first Latino to win a race on the level of the State in the history of Georgia.
King, a recently retired majority of the US army national guard, told AJC that his file in the military and the police would distinguish him from the rest of the GOP.
He laid the foundations for an offer for months, including a meeting in Washington with the leaders of the GOP of the Senate and regular appearances during republican events through the State. He is a vocal champion of the Kemp legislative program.
However, King faces recognition of a steep building name with voters, and a recent AJC survey showed it by dragging Ossoff 13 points in a face to face race.
Status: Likely to run.
Credit: Nathan Posner for the AJC
Credit: Nathan Posner for the AJC
US rep. Rich McCormick
McCormick is an emergency doctor and an American marine veteran who is considered a joker in the GOP Congress delegation in Georgia. He narrowly lost a swing seat in 2020 before winning a redesigned district and favorable to the Republicans two years later.
He quickly made a Maverick image, publishing fitness exploits and polar diving on social networks. He was also one of the rare Republicans of Georgia Hauts to initially approve Ron Desantis on Trump for the President – although he then aligned himself on the Maga wing of the Party.
He made the headlines with provocative remarks, especially recent criticisms in federal school lunch programs. A February town hall in Roswell became viral after being bombed with catcal and mockery, highlighting the pressure that some Republicans are confronted.
In response to the reaction, McCormick urged the White House to slow down federal layoffs – a field button problem seized before 2026.
Status: He’s a joker for a reason.
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Credit: Ben Gray for the AJC
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
Building best for rejected Trump’s request to “find” exactly the votes to overthrow his electoral defeat in 2020 in Georgia, Raffensperger has spent the years since walking on a political rope.
He is one of the most recognizable political figures in Georgia, with a national reputation that could help him attract the cross support of Trump criticism who admired his position against electoral fraud.
But first, he should survive a republican primary still dominated by Trump, who tried without success to make him evolve from his functions in 2022 and has not had a kind word for him since.
Raffensperger rejected the allegations according to which he is a republican phony as “silly”, pointing to support the electoral overhaul of Georgia in 2021 and long -time legal battles with the Democrat Stacey Abrams and his allies concerning the voting rules.
He tried to position himself as a reliable curator, praising Trump’s new efforts to reduce government agencies and reduce costs. In a recent interview with 11alive, he was asked what a “real curator” looks like.
“I think you look at him,” he replied.
Status: Unlikely, but he said he “looks at all my options”.