“After much prayer and thought, Bonnie and I have decided that we will not be running for the United States Senate race in Georgia in 2022,” Perdue said in an email to supporters on Tuesday, adding that it was “a is a personal decision, not a political one. ” one. “He did not explain his decision further.
Perdue vowed to do “everything” to ensure that the Republican candidate for the race beats newly elected incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock, who later on Tuesday said he was “ready to defeat any Republican they can think of” .
“These two currently liberal US senators do not represent the values of a majority of Georgians,” Perdue said in his statement, referring to Warnock and Senator Jon Ossoff, who defeated him and former Senator Kelly Loeffler in January Runoff.
Last week Perdue met …