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Marjorie Taylor Greene comes in dead last in poll. She even makes Republicans vote for the Democrat.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is reportedly considering running for Georgias U.S. Senate seat in 2026, but her last-place finish in a new poll of potential candidates might make her rethink it.The poll, conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) shows Georgias incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) being beaten by current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp but holding commanding leads over three other Republican candidates, the publication wrote, including Greene, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Insurance Commissioner John King. Related Bitter divorcee Marjorie Taylor Greene rages at AOC for being unmarried at age 35 Though none of the aforementioned Republicans have publicly pledged to run, heres how they fared against Ossoff in AJCs poll: Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Kemp got 49% of respondents support, and Ossoff got 46%.Raffensperger got 39% of respondents support, and Ossoff got 48%.King got 38% of respondents support, and Ossoff got 51%.Greene got 37% of respondents support, and Ossoff got 54%.The fact that Ossoff got the highest level of support when paired against Greene suggests that she would be a uniquely unpopular candidate who, in this poll, compelled 60% of independents and 10% of Republicans to choose a Democrat.While Greene won her districts 2024 election by a margin of 64.4% against her Democratic rival, Shawn Harris, who got 35.6%, a U.S. Senate race would take her out of the deeply red congressional district and subject her to the scrutiny of voters across the purple state. Its unclear if Greene could even win a Republican primary that would pair her inflammatory anti-leftist rhetoric against Kemp or Raffenspergers more measured and moderate tone.A high-profile race, complete with unflattering opposition research and ties to the presidents vastly unpopular government staffing and funding cuts and business-destabilizing tariffs, could negatively impact the popularity of any Republican candidate running against Ossoff.Indeed, Ossoff already has $11 million in his campaign coffers. He is portraying himself as an obstructionist to the administrations agenda and challenging Kemp to oppose the mass layoffs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Osoff won his 2021 special runoff election against Republican David Perdue by only 54,944 votes, a slim margin of 1.22%. Whoever ends up as his opponent will likely be competing in one of the most expensive and hotly contested races of the nation.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.
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