Marjorie Taylor Greene just made another bold career move
- Marjorie Taylor Greene just made a bold career move
- Greene says she’s not running
- Frustrated with politics in the Senate
- Thinking about running for the Senate
- “I haven’t made up my mind”
- Considering all possibilities
- She won reelection fairly easily
- A recent poll showed she’d flop in a Senate race
- An Ossoff vs. Greene race
- Ossoff would crush Greene
- Brian Kemp could beat Ossoff
- A Senate run wasn't the right choice for Kemp
- How other candidates performed
- Both would lose to Ossoff
- Why is this election race important?
- Greene claimed she would win the Senate race
- An astounding statement
- Working towards a shot at something bigger?
Marjorie Taylor Greene just made a bold career move

On May 9th, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made a very bold career move—she officially announced she had no intention of running for a Senate seat in the upcoming 2026 election. It was a race she was destined to lose.
Greene says she’s not running

“I’m not running,” Greene wrote to her followers on X in a lengthy social media post that also commented on her disappointment with the State of the federal government. “Even with a few good Republicans in the Senate, nothing changes.”
Frustrated with politics in the Senate

Greene essentially admitted her frustration with the Senate was why she didn’t want to run for a seat in the legislative body. However, another possible reason for her choice might be found in recent polling that indicated she would lose a bid for Senate in Georgia.
Thinking about running for the Senate

Greene first showed some interest in running for the Senate back in August 2024 after she was questioned about her possible political future during an in-depth interview with the left-of-center Georgian news outlet, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“I haven’t made up my mind”

“I haven’t made up my mind whether I will do that or not. I have a lot of things to think about,” Greene said. It wasn’t until February 2025 that Greene revealed on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's ‘Politically Georgia’ podcast that she was considering a run.
Considering all possibilities

“Of course, I’m considering all possibilities. No decisions have been made, but I would be telling a lie if I didn’t say I wasn’t considering it,” Greene stated when she was asked if she was considering a run against Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff according to The Hill.
She won reelection fairly easily

Greene effortlessly won re-election in Georgia 2024 to her congressional seat, and that victory may have given her the false sense that she is quite popular among voters in the state. However, that notion was just proven false by a recent poll of Georgia voters.
A recent poll showed she’d flop in a Senate race

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently released the findings of a survey conducted on the status of possible 2025 Senate candidates in Georgia, and Greene was dead last by a huge margin compared to her possible rivals for the Senate seat.
An Ossoff vs. Greene race

Conducted between April 15th and the 24th, the poll surveyed 1,000 registered Georgia voters and found that Democrat Jon Ossoff led Greene by a 17-point margin, which was the largest gap in the survey according to Newsweek.
Ossoff would crush Greene

In a hypothetical race between Ossoff and Greene, Ossoff would capture 54% of the vote while Greene would net just 37%. The result was driven by independents, 60% of whom backed Ossoff over Greene, and moderate Republicans, 10% of whom supported Ossoff.
Brian Kemp could beat Ossoff

The same survey also found that Republican Governor Brian Kemp, a possible Senate candidate in 2026, was the favored GOP contender in the future race and that he would win against Ossoff in an election with 49% of the vote to Ossoff’s 46%—though it should be noted Kemp took himself out of the running for the seat after the polling was released.
A Senate run wasn't the right choice for Kemp

In a May 5th post on social media, Kemp explained that having his name on the ballot in 2026 for the Senate seat in Georgia wasn’t the right choice for him and his family, which opened the race up to any Republican who could poll well enough to beat Ossoff.
How other candidates performed

Other likely candidates, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King, came in second and third place as the most favored GOP candidates in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's survey, but they both polled poorly against Ossoff.
Both would lose to Ossoff

Raffensburger would lose against Ossoff 39% to 48% while King wasn’t too far behind with 38% to Ossoff’s 52%. Still, both Raffensburger and King performed better against Ossoff in a hypothetical race than Greene, who was the worst of the candidates.
Why is this election race important?

According to Newsweek, Georgia represents the best chance that Republicans have in 2026 of flipping a Democratic Senate seat. This is important because all signs indicate that the Republicans are set to suffer major losses in the 2026 cycle.
Greene claimed she would win the Senate race

Interestingly, Greene explained in her lengthy May 7th social media post that she would win the Senate race if she was on the ballot, but also wrote she wouldn’t fight for a team “that refuses to win, that protects its weakest players, and that undermines the very people it’s supposed to serve.”
An astounding statement

“When I met with the NRSC a few weeks ago, they told me their internal polling shows any Republican can beat Ossoff,” Greene wrote in her post. “But now they’re pushing a public poll of just 800 people claiming only certain Republicans can win.”
Working towards a shot at something bigger?

While Greene may have ruled out a Senate run in 2026 out of frustration with her party, her statement did leave the door open for a different state-wide political run according to Politico, which speculated that her post didn't rule out a run for Georgia Governor.