{"id":1089531,"date":"2021-12-06T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089531"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:58:40","slug":"former-sen-david-perdue-launches-bid-to-oust-fellow-republican-gov-brian-kemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sen-david-perdue-launches-bid-to-oust-fellow-republican-gov-brian-kemp\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Sen David Perdue Launches Bid To Oust Fellow Republican Gov Brian Kemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-sen-david-perdue-launches-bid-to-oust-fellow-republican-gov-brian-kemp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former Republican Sen. David Perdue officially launched a primary challenge to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Monday, setting up what could be a brutal primary fight in one of the most pivotal swing states in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Perdue, who lost to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a special election in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/23\/david-perdue-announces-wont-run-senate-2022-raphael-warnock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turned down a Senate run<\/a> in February but remained a close ally to former President Donald Trump as he criticized Kemp for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/29\/brian-kemp-donald-trump-georgia-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refusing to overturn<\/a> Georgia\u2019s 2020 presidential election results. Perdue\u2019s campaign website appeared Sunday as reports confirmed that a Trump-backed primary challenge was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>In an announcement video Monday morning, Perdue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perduesenate\/status\/1467867767281831938?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that his challenge against Kemp \u201cisn\u2019t personal\u201d and focused mostly on the need to beat Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams, who announced Wednesday that she would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/stacey-abrams-brian-kemp-donald-trump-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">run for governor again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Kemp] has failed all of us and cannot win in November,\u201d Perdue said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5239616613419\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m running for Governor to make sure Stacey Abrams is NEVER Governor of Georgia. We need bold conservatives who will stand up to the woke left, not cave to their radical demands. Join me in this fight to Stop Stacey and Save Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iQMMV97ynw\">pic.twitter.com\/iQMMV97ynw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Perdue (@Perduesenate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perduesenate\/status\/1467867767281831938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Perdue\u2019s announcement is welcome news for Trump, who pledged to back a primary challenger against Kemp earlier this year, it could also be good news for Democrats, who stand to benefit from a bruising Republican primary that could hamper both Perdue and Kemp.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/04\/trump-georgia-loeffler-perdue-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Vows Revenge Against Brian Kemp)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Georgia also has a high-profile Senate race in 2022, where Trump-endorsed former NFL star <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/24\/herschel-walker-georgia-senate-bid-2022-raphael-warnock-jon-ossoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herschel Walker<\/a> is the favorite to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, a pastor at Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s former church who beat former Sen. Kelly Loeffler on the same day Ossoff beat Perdue.<\/p>\n<p>Though Democrats currently face strong political headwinds ahead of 2022, Georgia\u2019s leftward trend in recent years helped President Joe Biden narrowly win the state in 2020 and Democrats capture both of its Senate seats two months later.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican Sen. David Perdue officially launched a primary challenge to Georgia Gov. 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