Republican senators are waving off firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from jumping into next year’s Georgia Senate race, voicing concerns that some of the “crazy” things she’s said in the past might come back to hurt her in a general election race against vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.).

Greene says she is looking seriously at either running for governor or for Senate in 2026 and expressed confidence that she could win a primary contest. GOP senators acknowledge she would have a good shot at winning the nomination given her national prominence and solid standing with many Trump-voters.

Those chances got a boost this week when Gov. Brian Kemp, who was Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) top recruit for the race, said he won’t challenge Ossoff.

Republican senators fear that Greene, who has a knack for making headlines with controversial comments and generating enthusiasm from MAGA voters, could march to the nomination but lose in the general election — like former NFL star Herschel Walker did in the 2022 Georgia Senate race.

“We need to have the absolute best candidate and that includes electability. It’s very difficult to apply a formula for a very gerrymandered, very conservative congressional district into a statewide election with as much diversity as Georgia has,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said when asked whether Greene would be a strong general-election candidate.

“That is a swing state that’s pretty independent minded,” he added. “If I was to put my political science hat on and look at all the criteria, she........

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