Everyone loves a political thriller, so here’s a good one unfolding in the search to find a Republican to challenge U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026.

The main characters so far are Gov. Brian Kemp , who announced last month that he won’t challenge Ossoff for the seat, and President Donald Trump. The president’s keen interest in keeping Republican control of the Senate has reportedly made him unusually open to ideas about how to win the seat in Georgia, not just pick his one of his favorite boosters to run as he did with Herschel Walker in 2022.

With the Walker catastrophe as a backdrop, Kemp and Trump are now trying to avoid a messy GOP primary, which means finding a consensus candidate they can both endorse.

Kemp said as much after he made his own announcement about not running for the

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