ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, the congresswoman announced in a post on X Friday.

Greene had been considered a frontrunner for the Republican nomination after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced he would not run in the election.

In the post, Greene slammed the Republican establishment, saying “I won’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.”

However, Greene said nothing about a possible gubernatorial run next year in Georgia’s wide open governor’s race.

Greene, one of the most controversial figures in American politics, is a staunch and unapologetic supporter of President Donald Trump. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill authored by Greene to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, an idea espoused by Trump in his inaugural address.

Georgia Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is up for reelection in 2026; so far, only U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter from the state’s 1st congressional district is the only Republican to enter the race.

Kemp had been rumored to be a possible Republican challenger to Ossoff, the one-term senator who made his reelection campaign official in March.

Last month, two prominent GOP US senators - Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Tim Scott of South Carolina - flew to Atlanta to meet Kemp for lunch. Scott is chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

With Kemp and Greene now out of consideration, other GOP contenders rumored to be mulling a Senate run are U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and Rich McCormick; Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John King; and Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper.

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