{"id":2631234,"date":"2026-07-17T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-on-senate-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:06:53","slug":"kelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-on-senate-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-on-senate-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Loeffler pours cold water on Senate comeback"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fkelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-on-senate-comeback%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=2631234&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--><p>Kelly Loeffler, the Administrator of the Small Business Management (SBA) and former Georgia senator, has expressed that she dose not plan to run for the Senate again after her unsuccessful 2021 special election.In an interview with the Washington Examiner, she highlighted her focus on serving in President Trump&#8217;s cabinet and advancing the administration&#8217;s economic agenda. Loeffler, a former CEO of Bakkt and co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, emphasized her commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petition-to-recall-socialist-recently-elected-to-los-angeles-city-council-approved-for-circulation\/\" title=\"Petition To Recall Socialist Recently Elected To Los Angeles City Council Approved For Circulation\">supporting small businesses<\/a> by promoting initiatives like increasing loan sizes and deregulation. She aims to continue strengthening the SBA by fostering innovation, partnering with agencies like NASA and the Department of Defence, and promoting policies that enhance America&#8217;s industrial base and supply chains, aligning with Trump\u2019s long-standing vision of economic strength and national security through industrial growth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/small-business-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1394\">Small Business Administration<\/a> Administrator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kelly-loeffler\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"848\">Kelly Loeffler<\/a> is downplaying the possibility of her return to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a sit-down interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Loeffler, who was appointed one of Georgia\u2019s senators in 2020 after the retirement of Republican Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/johnny-isakson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4196\">Johnny Isakson<\/a>, said she was unlikely to run again after losing her 2021 special election to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA). <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4652797\/kelly-loeffler-pours-cold-water-senate-comeback\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kelly Loeffler pours cold water on Senate comeback<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4653192\/trump-searches-vandal-proof-material-reflecting-pool\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump searches for \u2018Vandal Proof\u2019 material for Reflecting Pool<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4652978\/watch-live-markwayne-mullin-briefing-fixing-vulnerabilities-elections-trump-speech\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Mullin briefs country on fixing vulnerabilities in election systems after Trump speech<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warnock is up for reelection in 2028 and has been floated as a possible presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI could not be more humbled to serve in President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">[Donald]  Trump<\/a>\u2018s Cabinet, to serve our small businesses, and to strengthen an agency that is going to create the next generation of our innovators,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m solely focused on delivering on this administration\u2019s incredible economic agenda for Main Street, so I don\u2019t expect to return to the legislative branch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeffler, the former CEO of financial technology company Bakkt, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, a financial services corporation led by her New York Stock Exchange chairman husband Jeffrey Sprecher, is promising to continue \u201crighting the ship at the SBA\u201d during the remaining two-and-a-half years of the administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s why we\u2019re advocating for things like [Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification] deregulation, diesel exhaust fluid deregulation, anything that is slowing down the most innovative, hardest working people that are building this country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeffler, the former co-owner of the Atlanta Dream professional women\u2019s basketball team, described the SBA\u2019s \u201ccore business\u201d as providing government guarantees on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-sba-refuses-to-answer-questions-on-approval-of-pp-loans-for-planned-parenthood-affiliates\/\" title=\"Report: ... refuses to answer questions on approval of PP loans for Planned Parenthood, affiliates\">small business loans<\/a>, with the administration guaranteeing 85,000 loans last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSmall businesses create two out of every three new jobs in this country,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we wanted to double our loan sizes. We\u2019ve been advocating for that. We announced a new rule that allows you to stack a 504 and a 7(a), two separate loan types, for $10 million. The last time it was increased was 2010, so 16 years ago, so that\u2019s why it\u2019s set at $5 million now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longer term, Loeffler pledged to focus on the innovative sectors that require immediate investment and \u201chow we can serve that.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve partnered with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"335\">Department of War<\/a>\u2018s Office of Strategic Capital, the same with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nasa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1396\">NASA<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just signed an MOU with NASA to speed capital to our innovators through programs like our SBIC program, the Small Business Investment Company program, where venture capital firms can get SBA guaranteed leverage to provide to the defense industrial base critical technologies, space exploration, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634936\/mamdani-offers-socialist-challenge-trump-vision-america\/\"><strong>MAMDANI OFFERS SOCIALIST CHALLENGE TO TRUMP\u2019S VISION OF AMERICA WITH JULY FOURTH SPEECH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Loeffler, that marks a return to the mission of SBA\u2019s predecessor agency, the Small Defense Plants Administration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBuilding out the industrial base, that has been President Trump\u2019s vision since long before he was president,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was talking about our supply chains since the 1980s, and strengthening our foreign policy through our economic strength. So, that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loeffler rules out Senate run after 2021 loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2631235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loeffler-relocate-sba-office-minnesota.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42937,43554,45546,36289,3740],"class_list":["post-2631234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congressional-news","tag-georgia-politics","tag-kelly-loeffler","tag-political-comeback","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loeffler-relocate-sba-office-minnesota.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631238,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631234\/revisions\/2631238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}