10 days ago | By Newser
Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue said Tuesday that he will not run in 2022 to reclaim a seat in the US Senate, eight days after the defeated Republican filed campaign paperwork that could have opened the way for him to run against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. "I am confident that...
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11 days ago | By Business Insider
Summary List Placement Former GOP Sen. David Perdue of Georgia announced on Tuesday that he would not be a candidate for the Senate in 2022, just days after filing paperwork to explore a potential candidacy.
Perdue, who lost his reelection bid to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff last month after a bruising Senate runoff election, would have faced Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who defeated former GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a runoff special election to fill the remaining term of former GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson.
In a letter to supporters, Perdue expressed confidence that Republicans would win the...
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11 days ago | By Star Tribune
Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue said Tuesday that he will not run in 2022 to reclaim a seat in the U.S. Senate, eight days after the defeated Republican filed campaign paperwork that could have opened the way for him to run against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
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11 days ago | By NY Daily News
“I am confident that whoever wins the Republican primary will defeat the Democratic candidate,” Perdue wrote in a note to supporters. “Georgia is not a blue state.”
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11 days ago | By Politico
Former Republican Sen. David Perdue will not run for Senate in 2022, he said in a statement Tuesday, ruling out another campaign in Georgia less than two months after losing a runoff election for a second term.
The decision comes just a week after Perdue filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and said publicly that he was considering another campaign in 2022. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who won a special election against former GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in January, is on the ballot again next year for a full term.
"This is a personal decision, not a...
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11 days ago | By Politicus USA
Despite speculation that he would run against Senator Jon Ossoff in 2022 after losing his Senate seat to Ossoff during the most recent election, former Senator David Perdue announced that he would not run for a Senate seat in Georgia in 2022. Because Senator Raphael Warnock defeated former Senator Kelly Loeffler ...
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11 days ago | By Politicus USA
Former Sen. David Perdue has dropped his plan to run against Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022 and instead commits himself to rigging future Georgia elections for Republicans.
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