Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks to reporters after meeting privately with House Speaker Mike Johnson as he wrestles with a spending bill to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Almost two months after she declined a Senate challenge against Democrat Jon Ossoff, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Tuesday she will not run for Georgia governor, either.

Greene, who represents northwest Georgia’s 14th congressional district, announced her decision in a lengthy social media post.

“I am humbled and grateful by the massive statewide support that I have to run for Governor, and if I wanted to run we all know I would win,” she wrote on social media. “It’s not even debatable. And only because of that massive statewide support is why I ever considered it in the first place.”

Both Georgia’s governor’s race and U.S. Senate races are among the nation’s most closely watched 2026 midterm elections.

Greene is one of President Donald Trump’s most unabashed supporters. In early May, the House approved Greene’s bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” which would codify an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his second day in office.

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Greene has represented her district in Congress since 2021. She has been unapologetically at the center of the nation’s political and culture wars for years:

On the Democrat side, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; state Sen. Jason Esteves; state Rep. Derrick Jackson; and businessman/pastor Olu Brown are seeking their party’s nomination.

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