Georgia Governor Picks Crypto CEO for Senate Seat, Defying Trump
- Loeffler would fill seat opened by Isakson’s retirement
- President lobbied for appointment of loyalist Collins
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is set to pick financial executive Kelly Loeffler to fill the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring GOP Senator Johnny Isakson, the Associated Press and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The choice is a rebuff of President Donald Trump’s lobbying for appointment of one of his biggest supporters in the House.
Loeffler is chief executive officer of Atlanta-based Bitcoin trading platform Bakkt LLC. Bakkt is affiliated with Intercontinental Exchange, where she has worked as an executive and where her husband, Jeff Sprecher, is chief executive officer.