A day after Georgia’s Senior Senator, Republican Johnny Isakson, announced he’d step down from the U.S. Senate at the end of the year, talk has shifted to who will serve out the remaining year of his term.
Behind the scenes, in both parties, there’s pressure to select the perfect candidate. That’s because the implications of that choice will influence the 2020 election and beyond.
Sam Nunn knows all about the pressure. The Democrat spent decades in Washington representing Georgia in the U.S. Senate, himself retiring in the late ’90s.
