David Perdue files to run for 2022 Senate, exploring bid against Raphael Warnock

By Kaelan Deese

Published February 16, 2021 12:41am ET

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David Perdue files to run for 2022 Senate, exploring bid against Raphael Warnock — Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks at a roundtable during an event to salute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018.

Former Republican Sen. David Perdue filed paperwork on Monday evening to run for Senate in 2022 and is reportedly exploring a campaign against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, according to Federal Election Commission documents.

The former Georgia senator lost his position during a January runoff election to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, allowing Democrats to take control of the Senate.

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