Overview

• Greene announced on July 29 that she would forgo a 2026 gubernatorial bid, reversing remarks at June’s Georgia GOP convention suggesting she might run.
• She withdrew after earlier declining a Senate challenge to Jon Ossoff in May as GOP leaders worried her candidacy would help Democrats.
• In her statement, Greene accused a “very established ‘Men Only’ Republican firm” of hindering the party and expressed frustration with the “good ole boy” system.
• Her exit leaves Attorney General Chris Carr and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones as the leading Republican contenders for governor.
• On the Democratic side, state Sen. Jason Esteves and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are positioned as frontrunners in the 2026 race.