U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won't challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year's midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she's too divisive to win.
In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who fear she would turn off the moderate Republicans and independents needed to beat Ossoff. But Greene said she doesn't want to serve in a Senate that "doesn't work" and that she said is dominated by lawmakers hostile to grassroots Trump supporters and unwilling to shake up the status quo.
"If I'm going to fight for a team, it will only be a team willing to lay it all on the line to save this country," she wrote.
Ossoff, a first-term senator, won the seat by a slim margin in a state that has historically been a Republican stronghold but has more recently become a battleground. He is a top target for Republicans looking to expand their narrow Senate majority.
Popular Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who could be a formidable opponent for Ossoff, opted out of the 2026 race on Monday. His decision leaves a wide-open race for the GOP nomination.