Kingston’s in the Senate race, and he won’t be outflanked | www.myajc.com

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U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston has a message for his conservative challengers for an open Senate seat: He won’t be outflanked on the right.

In announcing Wednesday that he’s joining the race for retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ seat, the Savannah Republican told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he’s a workhorse who “will yield no ground to any of my opponents as to who is the most conservative.”

Yet he also made clear that he’s willing to cross party lines for the greater good, a strategy he hopes will distinguish himself from the growing field in the running for the coveted seat.

“I have a conservative voting record, but I come from an area that’s not necessarily Republican,” he said of his southeast Georgia district, which is almost one-third minority voters. “And I can work with the other party and do that without selling out our philosophy.”