College football coach Derek Dooley (R) officially launched his Senate campaign in Georgia.

Playbook: “The college football coaching scion will seek to replicate the path of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Dooley’s launch video presents him as a Trump-aligned political outsider seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.”

Axios: “The Georgia race will be Republicans’ best chance at picking up a seat this cycle, but leadership has yet to rally behind one winning GOP candidate.”

The U.S. Senate campaign of Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) added a 51st state to the union on Monday when it released an ad that misspelled Georgia, Mediaite reports.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) said that “he will join the field challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the state the GOP has named as their top target to add a Senate seat in 2026,” Bloomberg reports.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution says Collins “launched his campaign after laying the groundwork for months — locking down endorsements from prominent conservatives, meeting with Trump advisers at the White House and teasing his campaign in an online video urging supporters to ‘stay tuned.'”

“President Donald Trump’s political team is irked that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has continued to recruit his preferred GOP Senate candidate even though the White House is not yet on the same page,” Punchbowl News reports.

“Once enemies, Trump and Kemp had hoped to work together to find the best candidate to oust Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in 2026.”

“Now that partnership is at risk of fraying with Kemp’s eagerness to recruit former football coach Derek Dooley to be the GOP standard bearer in this hugely important race.”

“Gov. Brian Kemp is making a late push to help lay the groundwork for former football coach Derek Dooley’s U.S. Senate bid — directly telling Insurance Commissioner John King and U.S. Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter he won’t support their campaigns,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The behind-the-scenes moves came Thursday as Dooley, a longtime Kemp ally, prepares to enter the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff.”

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is going hard at President Trump as he gears up for a difficult reelection fight, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

At a rally, Ossoff called Trump a “depraved man” and said America had to fight against “deeply entrenched corruption and greed.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced she wouldn’t run for Senate after President Trump’s team showed her polling from Tony Fabrizio that had her losing to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff by 18 points, the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump met quietly Saturday in Washington to discuss unifying behind a Republican Senate candidate in Georgia,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“It was not immediately clear if the two reached an agreement over backing the same contender in the wide-open race against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, but one person described the meeting as productive.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) won’t challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) next year, forgoing a polarizing Senate bid that many senior Republicans feared could jeopardize the party’s shot at flipping the seat, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

Said Greene: “Jon Ossoff, you can stop with the fundraising emails and campaign ads claiming I’m your opponent. I’m not running.”

Politico: “Greene’s decision loomed large over the race, with many Democrats salivating over the possibility she’d enter the contest in one of the swingiest of swing states in the nation.”

“Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) became the first prominent Republican to jump into the race against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), launching his campaign Thursday with a TV ad that casts him as a pro-Donald Trump “MAGA warrior,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“Carter, a six-term Savannah-area incumbent, announced his campaign just days after Gov. Brian Kemp passed on a run, triggering what’s expected to be a GOP free-for-all to challenge the Democrat. About a dozen other Georgia Republicans are also considering bids.”

“Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to pass on a Senate bid has top Republican officials scrambling to find a backup plan and avoid a divisive primary — or, at the very least, one divisive candidate,” NBC News reports.

“There are growing concerns in Georgia GOP circles that if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes the Republican nominee to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, she could hurt the party’s chances to flip the seat, given her divisive reputation and rhetoric.”

A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll in Georgia finds Brian Kemp (R) just ahead of Sen. Jon Ossoff (R) in a possible U.S. Senate match up, 49% to 46%.

However, Ossoff would crush Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) is she were the nominee, 54% to 37%.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is “seriously considering” a run for Senate, and believes she would “crush” a GOP primary contest — that is, if Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on a bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, the Daily Caller reports.

“Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) met with Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday as the GOP lobbies the Georgia Republican to run for Senate in 2026,” Axios reports.

“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) of using her name to fundraise, as speculation grows that the third-term Republican will run for the Senate,” Punchbowl News reports.

“Greene, who has openly said she is considering running for statewide office in Georgia, responded to Ossoff’s comments this week suggesting she doesn’t have ‘the guts’ to run for Senate.”

Said Greene: “I just found out he’s been lying to everyone and using my name to fundraise. So he must be having a really hard time raising money, is how I see it.”

A new Cygnal poll shows Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is deadlocked 44% to 44% against a generic Republican challenger, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

But the numbers shift 52% to 38% in favor of the GOP when voters are told Ossoff “voted to allow men to play in women’s sports if they claim to identify as a woman, taking away opportunities from our girls.”