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Doug Collins is not running for Senate or Georgia governor in 2022
AJC.com ^ | 04/26/2021 | Greg Bluestein

Posted on 04/26/2021 8:06:55 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins ruled out a run for U.S. Senate or other public office in 2022, ending speculation that he could challenge newly elected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock after a failed special election bid last year.

The Gainesville Republican had been seriously considering launching another campaign for Senate after his third-place finish in 2020 and would have been the biggest name in the still-evolving Republican field against Warnock, a pastor whose victory in January made him the first Black U.S. senator in Georgia history.

But Collins had also sent signals that he would remain in the private sector with the start of a popular new conservative talk show and joining a north Georgia law firm. In a statement Monday, Collins said it was “goodbye for now but probably not forever.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
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1 posted on 04/26/2021 8:06:55 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Here is his full statement posted on twitter:

https://twitter.com/RepDougCollins/status/1386681974178394113


2 posted on 04/26/2021 8:07:18 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Not sure this matters quite as much as some may believe.


3 posted on 04/26/2021 8:08:48 AM PDT by TrumpianRepublican
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To: GIdget2004

Kemp and McConnell kept him out of the Senate last year. That was what was important to them.


4 posted on 04/26/2021 8:11:24 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: GIdget2004

I guess he wants to make some money. Who is really paying his salary and bonuses?

So right now the GOP leaders are Kemp for governor and the lady with the baseball cap for senator?


5 posted on 04/26/2021 8:13:56 AM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: GIdget2004

RUN HERSCHEL.... LET THE BIG DAWG EAT.


6 posted on 04/26/2021 8:14:19 AM PDT by DOC44
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To: DOC44

Par for the course. Just look up my next post.


7 posted on 04/26/2021 8:15:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: TrumpianRepublican

Guy turns 55 this year. With either Trump or Santos coming into the picture in 2024....Collins probably ends up in a cabinet post. Still young enough to run for President in 2032


8 posted on 04/26/2021 8:16:52 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: TrumpianRepublican

The Collins “conservative vs. rino” challenge of Kelly Loefler for one of Georgia’s US Senate seats may have inadvertently given us Raphael Warnock.


9 posted on 04/26/2021 8:18:55 AM PDT by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: alternatives?

GA is right on schedule to go full blue because the GOP absolutely sux. That will break the South even further.


10 posted on 04/26/2021 8:20:09 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: pepsionice

Perhaps he’s angry the republican voter did not give him that 50+ 1% against Loeffer. That runoff gave the rats their opening and they counted on our voters not showing up. That’s what happened. Demographics played a part. Then there’s the cheating. Can’t blame him as fake racism is now the big issue these days.


11 posted on 04/26/2021 8:21:09 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: TrumpianRepublican

Herschel is most likely running against Warnock

Vernon Jones is running against Kemp in the primaries

This makes sense for Doug Collins to stay out


12 posted on 04/26/2021 8:37:33 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: GIdget2004

Do you blame him? Thank Kemp.


13 posted on 04/26/2021 8:43:52 AM PDT by gcparent (MAGA)
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To: Bigtigermike

That is interesting.


14 posted on 04/26/2021 9:02:42 AM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: GIdget2004

He knows there is no 2022 until or unless 2020 is fixed.


15 posted on 04/26/2021 9:23:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: GIdget2004

I don’t blame him. Mike Lindell said he wouldn’t run for dogcatcher until elections are fixed. Why would anyone? Waste of time and money.


16 posted on 04/26/2021 9:28:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("if I perish, I perish." Esther 4:16)
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To: pepsionice

Guy turns 55 this year. With either Trump or Santos coming into the picture in 2024....Collins probably ends up in a cabinet post. Still young enough to run for President in 2032

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Collins for Attorney General or FBI Director in 2024 when by God’s Grace we will take this country back!!!! Hershel Walker for Senate and Vernon Jones for governor gives me happy thoughts.


17 posted on 04/26/2021 9:31:32 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: GIdget2004

Doug Collins has ZERO public appeal. How he got elected to anything in this media driven age, I’ll never understand.

He was as charismatic as drying paint.


18 posted on 04/26/2021 9:34:04 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: GIdget2004

Herschel Herschel Herschel!!!!


19 posted on 04/26/2021 9:46:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!! NMP!)
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To: GIdget2004

Herschel Herschel Herschel!!!!


20 posted on 04/26/2021 9:46:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!! NMP!)
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