Former football coach Derek Dooley is jump-starting his campaign between the hedges. Or at least near them.

Dooley will be making the tailgate rounds at the University of Georgia’s home opener Saturday in Athens. He’ll be joined by Gov. Brian Kemp , who is holding his first public event with his pick to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff .

Kemp made the case for Dooley in a private donor call early Friday recorded by an attendee and confirmed by a Kemp aide, arguing that Ossoff will pummel more conventional candidates.

“Another congressman from a heavily Republican district with a congressional voting record isn’t going to work,” he said in audio obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I know and respect both Congressmen Carter and Collins. This is not an attack on the

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