Another GOP contender joins Georgia race for U.S. Senate

John King Georgia s insurance commissioner has joined the Republican primary polling in hopes of unseating Democratic U S Sen Jon Ossoff next year Gov Brian Kemp s announcement last week that he would not be running for the Senate opened the door to a host of prospective candidates Days later U S Rep Buddy Carter of St Simons Island became the first Republican to enter the race King a major general in the U S Army National Guard and a former police chief is the first official elected statewide to join the race He won the voting for insurance and safety fire commissioner in after Kemp appointed him to the position in The native of Mexico is the first Hispanic to have won statewide office in Georgia King came to America at age and enlisted in the National Guard rising from private to major general when he retired in He was deployed to Afghanistan Africa Bosnia and Iraq Over four decades in law enforcement he rose from beat cop in Atlanta to police chief in Doraville In his announcement Monday King emphasized these roles his declaration saying he was shot and stabbed in the line of duty King also underscored his ties to President Donald Trump noting that he was deployed to the southern frontier during Trump s first term and co-chaired Trump s campaign in Georgia Despite his statewide polling success King could struggle with national name recognition which plays a role in campaign fundraising Ossoff has proven a prodigious fundraising event bringing in more cash than any sitting U S senator Still King drew a veteran GOP strategist to his campaign Dan McLagan who worked for Gary Black s campaign in the U S Senate primary won by Herschel Walker is handling communications for King The post Another GOP contender joins Georgia race for U S Senate appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta