Gov Kemp supports former football coach Derek DOOLEY for the Georgia Senate race in 2026

Standing outside of Doley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Governor Brian Kemp approved the former football coach Derek Doley, a republican colleague, to oust senator Jon Ossoff, D-GA., In the US Senate race in 2026.

Kemp made this announcement an hour before Georgia’s Bulldogs spent their first match of the season, noting that Dooley was the “one and only opportunity” to return the headquarters of Ossoff.

Dooley, who entered the University of Virginia football team and played four years as a receiver, later graduated in law from the University of Georgia, where he began his 28 -year -old career as a graduate assistant.

The Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp, on the left, approves Derek Dooley, R-GA., On the right, for the American Senate on Saturday. (@Derekdooleyga via x)

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The former coach of the University of Tennessee and son of the former UGA coach Vince Dooley has trained in the NFL for almost a decade and in university football for almost 20 years. He continues to work with a group of five schools across the country.

After the launch of the Doley campaign, the spokesman for the Senate Democrat campaign, Maeve Coyle, published a statement on August 4, overthrowing his career as a coach.

“The latest addition to the primary of the disorderly and chaotic GOP of Georgia is a failed football coach who has never spoken only of the MEDICADIAID cheerlead cuts that hurt the Georgians,” wrote Coyle. “While this primary becomes even more congested and turns into a proxy war between President Trump and Governor Kemp, Senator Ossoff is fighting for families of workers in Georgia and will hold his headquarters in 2026.”

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, on the left, approved former football coach Derek Dooley on Saturday. (@Derekdooleyga via x)

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Dooley approached the assertions on Saturday, claiming “Matters leadership”, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

“I could tell you in the locker room at the moment, just at the bottom of the road, no matter what your level of income is, what is your policy (is), what is your religion,” said Dooley. “It was a question of bringing people together. Leadership counts.

“I mean, look at our state. This is what a big leadership looks like. And you are looking at our country right now. You have taken a guy who was a foreigner, President (Donald) Trump, who came and did not accept business as usual.”

Former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley spoke to supporters during a tailgate rally on Saturday. (@Derekdooleyga via x)

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Kemp, a governor with two mandates, described Doley as a “real political foreigner”, the addition of the Ossoff voting file does not reflect the values ​​of the state, leaving room for an upheaval.

“You cannot flee this kind of record, and that is why I think we have the opportunity to win this race,” said Kemp.

Dooley said in a statement to Fox News Digital that he was deeply honored to have the support of the governor.

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“Governor Kemp has managed this state with leadership, solid integrity and has made historical achievements at really unprecedented moments in our state and our nation,” he wrote. “The Georgians know him and trust him. I hope to bring this same style of leadership focused on conservative results in the American Senate by beating Jon Ossoff next November. The governor’s support gives our campaign an incredible momentum while we continue to obtain the support of Georgians workers in our state.”

Kemp’s office did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital comments.