{"id":69965,"date":"2026-05-18T18:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/georgia-republicans-grasp-for-a-contender-to-take-on-democratic-sen-jon-ossoff-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:31:46","slug":"georgia-republicans-grasp-for-a-contender-to-take-on-democratic-sen-jon-ossoff-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/georgia-republicans-grasp-for-a-contender-to-take-on-democratic-sen-jon-ossoff-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender to Take On Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQMEFNaG1zMUk3cE5vdFlMQ01yM2l2dFBaaVNKRlZrS3E3VFB1ZkFraUhQYnpZcnE5aV9nQWlEZFZjR3o2REJ4SHU2aTg5cnNCQWo5VXBtd0VNeVh3MVF1QmQzb0xYTVdZTWhIMEdncXpieGxDak9BWUQ0YUZOa1NVUU5uUnk0V05wdzB0MjY0SFJkeDNBa2liZXRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender to Take On Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQcEswTjFqWkRHbDJoM2wzUWVnWFdCZHdVVUpiWHZ2dm91Q3lUZTBqS3VWM2hQdXh4cE83UWN4cVctVnRIdElUTmxUY2VIYXgxb2tFLXdZTnRUVWN6M2hvREppbHhCTExiY1AzSXJaVklEb0Y1OUFmd2lJdVp5QzFMaWFjTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Kemp passed on a Georgia Senate run. Then he threw himself in the middle of the GOP primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNV0dXRXN4eFpPMlZJeUJWRGFRT21vSENpWjFCUE9HWHVBUWJWam84cTdraXNrajlKWTVNdXpzMGVZdUg4dnRPUVBXQVplMEF2RHhXeGVrVFIxZm9oeF9JVnRCRHRFNFJCZE9lUzJPdGM3NmkzTmRyQnVyMkFUY0lrWmlMSVhsSnh4YnJWcUNTM0twaVI4bVRGWWtjeE9obWRvekltbDB5OEloLUk0SzFQVg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia\u2019s top Republican fears a repeat of the GOP\u2019s 2022 Senate blunder<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOZEhMUGJrZDdSemFBNTUyaE5fZGtnSm5rOXNuTWRYYmVhRkwxVkV2QWtCcThoa25PM3k0dnRQSXRGNVJodlFuWUgzN2ZRaDJwcHlqdjZzT0lWRWtzb1h4MHdjWnF5dmdBT3hWV1BwYk9PZk4ycXdENEMyZ3QwU0VNT3VlWVR2bDN2aWpOYkc4X2VEbUxmU0tEV2g2eEtkVFhsT3VNcnpETk00c1BGSFMydm9IYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Brian Kemp bets his clout can lift Derek Dooley. The test is almost here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AJC.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOMGhxR1Z0WFBjMU5EamRwMFJrYWRmZXQ2bktjbFUyQU1BRmFKVDA3cmlxcW54UFExdG1fZmVFTExXZ2w4enBZd01tdzlqTHJwN2Y5VnlaMUVMWVRhc3dXcDlCUllrTHA3LVhFS1RTZXpzOTh0N3FDdE9HY3pZRE1ROFdpOExxMDFFdkRWNzY3bGNWOTVtOGtpVDhBRDRoM00tVGpSRHBScEE5MUEtb1RUY1YwOHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans Saw Georgia as a Top Pickup. Now It\u2019s a Mess<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender to Take On Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Brian Kemp passed on a Georgia Senate run. Then&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/georgia-republicans-grasp-for-a-contender-to-take-on-democratic-sen-jon-ossoff-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}