Doug Collins gets a possible primary challenge over his Boehner vote | Political Insider blog

WASHINGTON — We have preliminary evidence that there is some substance behind the conservative backlash against Georgia Republicans for unanimously backing Speaker John Boehner.

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins might be getting a primary.

Al Gainey, a former Hall County Commissioner and conservative radio host, is “prayerfully considering” a run against the second-term Gainesville congressman. The Boehner vote was Gainey’s top motivation, he said in a phone interview Monday:

“I just cannot believe that we have had to put up with more of the same from everybody that goes to Washington from Georgia, from the senators in the past to the current congressmen for the most part. Paul Broun is about the only one from Georgia who held his ground up there. He was somewhat ostracized, in my opinion, but at least he held true.”

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