A Democratic senator from Georgia who has been mentioned as a potential 2028 contender for his party’s presidential nomination revealed his plans during an interview with former Biden flak Jen Psaki on Thursday.
“If we do not restore checks and balances in these midterm elections
Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is running for reelection this year in what would be his second term if he wins, told Psaki he’s focused on that alone and has “zero interest” in running for the White House. “I have zero interest in running for president in 2028. I love serving the state of Georgia. I’ve got two young daughters,” he said.
“If we do not restore checks and balances in these midterm elections, I don’t know that we have a free and fair presidential election in 2028. So, let’s keep our eyes on the ball, folks,” he added, providing zero evidence for his claim that the elections were in danger of being hijacked, ostensibly by Republicans. Meanwhile, as Ossoff tries to suggest Republicans are a threat to elections, the FBI raided an election data center in his own state earlier this year following an investigation into irregularities linked to the 2020 election, seizing tens of thousands of ballots.
In January, a Georgia organization known as the Election Oversight Group released a 236-page report regarding the 2020 ballot count in Fulton County, which includes Atlanta. In February, the report attracted national attention when the Election Integrity Network published a three-page summary in relation to the FBI raid. According to the Election Oversight report, a total of 148,319 absentee ballots were counted for the 2020 General Election in Fulton County. However, only 125,784 voters were recorded as having cast an absentee ballot. This discrepancy suggests that the county counted 22,000 more absentee ballots than the number of voters who are documented to have voted.
Meanwhile, during a state election board meeting on December 9, a Fulton
The Election Oversight report highlights that on November 3, 2020, approximately 74,000 absentee ballots were cast by the time the polls closed. Four days later, an additional 148,000 absentee ballots were reported. The findings indicate that only 16,032 ballot images have a corresponding unique “fingerprint” authentication file, while 132,286 of the authentication files were deleted, the outlet said.
Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028. I love serving the state of Georgia. Let's keep our eyes on the ball, folks. We need to win decisively in Georgia and every battleground state and every competitive US House district this fall." pic.twitter.com/ouI6tYz5fY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2026
“The information in this report documents in one place, in a comprehensive manner and exacting detail, the complete mess of an election that took place in Georgia in November 2020,” Cleta Mitchell, chairwoman of the Election Integrity Network, told The Daily Signal.
“While Fulton County is ground zero for essentially ignoring as many legal requirements as they possibly could, Fulton County is hardly alone in its election malfeasance,” Mitchell added.
Meanwhile, during a state election board meeting on December 9, a Fulton County official revealed that more than 130 tabulator tapes—which are receipt-like documents containing vote tabulation information—were not signed by election workers as required by state law. These tapes documented approximately 315,000 early in-person votes from the 2020 election.
Amid continuing disputes, the Georgia board asked the U.S. Department of Justice for assistance in July 2025 “to effect compliance with voting transparency.” Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi later issued a letter demanding that Fulton County turn over all documents responsive to the state subpoenas. Federal officials ultimately filed a civil rights complaint in December 2025, and a judge cleared the way for the state board to obtain records.
On Jan. 28, the FBI executed a court-authorized search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center in Union City, removing materials tied to the 2020 election as federal agents pursued the records amid the long-running dispute.
Also in February, Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal (R) released new information alleging widespread irregularities in voter registrations in deep blue Fulton County.
Georgia law requires voters to register using their primary residential address and prohibits the use of P.O. boxes, commercial mailboxes or nonresidential locations. In a video posted online, Dolezal said a review of the county’s January voter rolls revealed numerous registrations tied to locations that do not qualify as lawful residences.
According to Dolezal, 70 individuals were registered at a single UPS store in Fulton County. Another 96 voters were registered at a second UPS store. He also said 19 voters were registered at an abandoned home.
