EXCLUSIVE: Former Sen. David Perdue filed Federal Election Commission paperwork Monday to become a candidate to run for Senate in 2022, Fox News has learned. Perdue, who lost re-election to Sen. Jon Osoff, D-Ga., during Georgia’s Senate runoff election on Jan. 5, filed FEC paperwork on Monday evening, designating a "principal campaign committee" titled: "Perdue for Senate." The source told Fox News that Perdue is leaning toward running. "I think this would freeze the field," a veteran GOP strategist in Georgia said of the filing by Perdue. The strategist told Fox News that if Perdue ends up launching a 2022 campaign, Collins would not run.

Source: Fox News February 15, 2021 23:20 UTC