Trump team 'pissed off' with Kemp over candidate pick in Georgia's Senate GOP primary battle
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Tensions rise between Trump's team and Gov. Kemp's advisers over the latter's selection of Derek Dooley for Georgia's 2026 Senate race against Democrat Ossoff.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
Kemp, a popular two-term conservative governor whom Trump had heavily criticized in the past, was courted by national Republicans to take on Ossoff. But Kemp, who is term-limited, announced earlier this year that he would pass on a 2026 Senate run.
Sources in Trump's political orbit and Republican sources in Georgia confirm to Fox News that there was an agreement between the president’s political operation and Kemp’s political team that they would work together to find a candidate that they could all unify behind to take on Ossoff in the Senate race.
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