Ex-Georgia GOP Sen. David Perdue plans to announce gubernatorial primary challenge to Kemp, reports say
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Former GOP Sen. David Perdue plans to announce Monday that he's mounting a primary challenge against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a move that will pit the ally of former President Donald Trump against the incumbent Republican governor and set up an intra-party fight in one of the nation's closely watched political battlegrounds, according to multiple reports.
The expected announcement by Perdue represents a shot at a political comeback for the former one-term senator. His reelection bid was thwarted by Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a key runoff race in January, an embarrassing loss for Republicans, who lost the Senate after losing both Georgia seats.
CNN has previously reported that Trump recently urged Perdue to run against Kemp, who resisted the former President's demands to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia to then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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