I can’t blame Vernon Jones for seeking an exit strategy; he had a path to victory running one-on-one against Kemp, but, with both Kemp and Perdue in the race, Jones has virtually no chance of making the run-off.
DJ, in which congressional district would Vernon Jones run? The DeKalb County-based CDs are safely Democrat, so he’d have to move to some other part of the state and be accused of carpetbagging. But if he can overcome that, I’d love for Jones to run against Sanford Bishop in the winnable, 45%-or-so-black GA-02.
Mentions here if he runs for Congress that he would go for the redrawn (and open) 6th or the 10th (with Jody Hice leaving to run for Sec of State). The 6th already has strong declared candidates and the 10th is already jam-packed with candidates (Hice has endorsed State Rep. Tim Barr and solid Conservative ex-Rep. Paul Broun is running, too)
The 2nd against Bishop would be too far to go, opening him up to charges of carpetbagging. 2 Black Republicans are already running (with one White, which might split the vote). Jeremy Hunt, one of the two, has the endorsement of Sens. Hawley & Cotton (though no GA pols have apparently openly endorsed yet).