" This could be the most important filing for the most important race in the country," said Randy Evans, a Georgia lawyer and former US ambassador to Luxembourg in the Trump administration.... But some GOP strategists and lawmakers from Georgia to Washington, DC, are deeply worried about Walker's potential campaign, fearing that Walker could cost the GOP a winnable seat currently held by Democratic Sen.... David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should take another look at running again, after their n

David Perdue to take on Georgia Gov.... " he asked the former Senator at a rally in September, adding that Perdue was a" great guy." Kemp has been at the top of Trump's target list since last November when the Georgia Republican refused to overturn the presidential election in the state at the Trump's urging.... Burt Jones is running for the open lieutenant governor's seat after current Lt....

McConnell, who has privately expressed his deep concerns with Walker's potential candidacy, met this summer with Loeffler and Perdue.... He is also meeting this week with another potential candidate--former Trump national security official Latham Saddler--according to a source familiar with the situation.... The AP also found that Walker has greatly exaggerated how much revenue his company--Renaissance Man Food Services--earns and how many people it employs....

Perdue, a former US senator, has so far raised a fraction of what Kemp has in his campaign war chest.... " I think Perdue is on life support and knows it," said one neutral GOP operative who requested anonymity to speak freely.... " The Kemp momentum is palpable." The Perdue campaign is drawing attention from around the country, in part as a test case on the GOP's tolerance for Trump's vendettas....

David Perdue has made a centerpiece of his campaign for governor in Georgia.... Mitt Romney of Utah, when asked about the remarks of Perdue, his former colleague.... Read More" I don't know whether he believes it or not....

Watkinsville, Georgia( CNN) David Perdue and Donald Trump often say that Gov.... Brian Kemp has irrevocably divided Georgia Republicans." He has alienated a good part of the Republican Party," Perdue said on a humid evening in late April to a group of voters in Oconee County, a short drive from the University of Georgia.... " If Kemp wins, then we need to back him," said Tammy Paulson of Watkinsville, who is voting for Perdue, the former senator, in the primary....

Brian Kemp and top Republicans in Georgia have recently approached Donald Trump advisers to see if the former President can be persuaded to go easy on the incumbent GOP governor as he fights for reelection, sources told CNN.... Allies of both men have been unable to shake that comment, as well as Trump's verbal assault on Kemp over the past year, as one of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests this cycle begins.... Trump has not yet signaled how he plans to approach the Georgia guber

--Donald Trump. The former President--still angry over how Georgia Gov.... Brian Kemp responded to the 2020 election results in his state--may get his wish for a credible primary challenger to the Republican leader.... Republicans in the state have told CNN they expect former Sen....

Raphael Warnock flip the Senate, giving President-elect Joe Biden the power to potentially enact sweeping, liberal legislation and push through Cabinet nominations without Republican support.... The Senate's party split will be 50-50 with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking tie votes.... LIVE UPDATES: Georgia Senate runoff election Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and Ossoff will respectively be the first Black and Jewish senators to represent Georgia..