David Perdue ponders primary bid to oust Georgia's Brian Kemp

Former Sen. David Perdue is mulling a campaign to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2022 Republican primary, sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

Perdue was ousted in a Jan. 5 runoff, falling to now-Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, by a razor-thin margin. The Republican almost immediately removed himself from contention for a 2022 comeback against Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who won Georgia’s other Senate seat by advancing to Washington in the second runoff election held Jan. 5. It was presumed Perdue was finished with campaign politics. But, recently, Perdue has been talking to Republican insiders about challenging Kemp.