The Georgia Hour, episode 68: The Battle for Georgia GOP Leadership: Josh McKoon, Salleigh Grubbs, and the Cobb County Conundrum

The con­test for the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty (GOP) chair­man­ship pits incum­bent Josh McK­oon, backed by a nar­ra­tive of being a “win­ning coach,” against chal­lenger David Cross. Crit­ics argue McKoon’s lead­er­ship, along­side Cobb Coun­ty GOP Chair Salleigh Grubbs, has failed to deliv­er Repub­li­can vic­to­ries, par­tic­u­lar­ly in Cobb Coun­ty, which saw Democ­rats strength­en their coun­ty com­mis­sion major­i­ty in two spe­cial elec­tions on April 29, 2025. Despite increased Trump sup­port in most metro coun­ties in 2024, Cobb Coun­ty, under Grubbs’ lead­er­ship, was the only metro coun­ty to lose Trump votes com­pared to 2020, turn­ing a once “ruby red” strong­hold blue. The Atlanta Jour­nal-Con­sti­tu­tion (AJC) is accused of endors­ing McK­oon while label­ing Cross a con­spir­a­cy the­o­rist, only to cel­e­brate Demo­c­ra­t­ic wins in Cobb, with an eye on the 2026 midterms. Alle­ga­tions swirl that McK­oon and Grubbs lack a strate­gic plan, evi­denced by their fail­ure to mobi­lize resources like Turn­ing Point USA for the Cobb elec­tions. Crit­ics ques­tion why McK­oon, rumored to be eye­ing a Sec­re­tary of State run, enjoys sup­port from fig­ures like Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene and Mike Collins, and why Grubbs, a poten­tial future chair if McK­oon steps down, is backed despite her Cobb Coun­ty loss­es. Mean­while, Cross’s cam­paign is por­trayed as focused on win­ning elec­tions, not per­son­al ambi­tion, with endorse­ments from fig­ures like BKP for a slate includ­ing Cross, Lisa Pierce, Norine Can­tor, Lau­rie McClain, Cin­derel­la Nixon, and oth­ers. Con­cerns also arise about trans­paren­cy, with claims that McKoon’s team is with­hold­ing del­e­gate lists, urg­ing del­e­gates to orga­nize and vote at the state con­ven­tion in Dal­ton.

• When John Fred­er­icks does some­thing, some­one pays the bill. The Peach Pitt is a paid seg­ment. 
• Now David Cross is run­ning for chair­man of the GA GOP against Josh McK­oon who is the “win­ning coach” and they are run­ning the nar­ra­tive to say why would you change the coach. 
• They don’t see the attacks on the infor­ma­tion only on the per­son. They ran a huge cam­paign to unseat David Oles in the 11th dis­trict. They want­ed Col­lier to win in the 11th and Zap­pen­dorf to win in the 7th, both sup­port and cam­paign of Josh McK­oon. 
• Last night is what will hap­pen in 2026 if you put Salleigh Grubbs and Josh McK­oon togeth­er. Every­thing is all about the next polit­i­cal step. Cobb Coun­ty stays blue as Democ­rats main­tain coun­ty com­mis­sion major­i­ty in 2 spe­cial elec­tion races. Repub­li­cans lose both seats. Cobb coun­ty was at one time ruby red. With Trump on the bal­lot in 2024 even metro coun­ties increased their vote for Trump over the 2020 elec­tion. Only one metro coun­ty lost the Trump vote, Cobb Coun­ty under the chair of Salleigh Grubb. 
• Why would the AJC endorse Josh McK­oon and call David Cross a con­spir­a­cy the­o­rist then come out today and cheer about democ­rats win­ning the elec­tions in Cobb coun­ty? To give some­thing for democ­rats to cheer about. This area used to be home to Newt Gin­grich and John­ny Issik­son. Fin­ish­ing the arti­cle with the men­tion of the 2026 midterms. The AJC is zeroed in on 2026. 
• Josh is so excit­ed about the report­ing in the AJC about his acco­lades that he is “hum­bled by the show of con­fi­dence” and list­ing of all his endorse­ments. 
• They are going to tell you that the repub­li­cans didn’t stand a chance in Cobb and we had can­di­dates and that is all we could do. But did they? This is the fail­ure that could hap­pen in 2026 if Josh McK­oon and Salleigh Grubb were the GA GOP lead­er­ship. He could have brought in the Turn­ing Point army into Cobb coun­ty. It is unknown why Salleigh Grubb would be the choice for first vice chair when she could not secure elec­tions in Cobb coun­ty, she dropped the Trump vote, only metro coun­ty to lose votes, and to lose in two elec­tions last night strength­en­ing the demo­c­rat major­i­ty in com­mis­sion­ers race. Could they have been pow­wow­ing about the elec­tions in Cobb coun­ty last night over the week­end? Do you think they were dis­cussing strat­e­gy for Tuesday’s elec­tion? The attacks on Sophia Farooq could not be chair­man of Cobb coun­ty GOP. While just last week she is com­plain­ing about the lack of a plan being dis­cussed with her by David Cross. She wants to tell you that Josh has a plan. The rea­son they keep telling you that David doesn’t have a plan is because they don’t have a plan. Just like they didn’t have a plan last night for the spe­cial elec­tion. 
• Deb­bie was up in the 9th dis­trict at the ban­quet Fri­day night. Her assign­ment looked to be get­ting close to JaQuon. She made sure to sit next to JaQuon. 
• Cobb coun­ty is the dis­as­ter today that we would be walk­ing into 2026 if Josh McK­oon and Salleigh Grubbs are elect­ed. 
• Josh wants to run for Sec­re­tary of State. Why do you think all these dif­fer­ent peo­ple are show­ing sup­port for Josh McK­oon? MTG doesn’t need Josh McK­oon in the 14th dis­trict. Mike Collins doesn’t need him for the Sen­ate or 10th dis­trict. Are these for the chair or are they for SOS? And if Josh is elect­ed and he runs for SOS, that would put Salleigh Grubb as chair. Salleigh wants to take a failed chair­man­ship in Cobb and bring it to the First Vice chair of the GA GOP as Josh is rumored to run for SOS. 
• Now you have to remem­ber that Deb­bie Doo­ley has not con­demned Josh McK­oon for telling JaQuon to drop out of the race for asst sec­re­tary. 
• Josh and Salleigh are not equipped to win every con­sti­tu­tion­al office, every state sen­a­tor seat, every state rep­re­sen­ta­tive seat, every coun­ty com­mis­sion­er seat that repub­li­cans can win. David Cross is not rush­ing to be the hero, he is work­ing to win elec­tions. 
• BKP is sup­port­ing: David Cross for GOP Chair, Lisa Pierce for 1st Vice Chair, Norine Can­tor for 2nd Vice Chair, Lau­rie McClain for Trea­sur­er, Cin­derel­la Nixon for Sec­re­tary, and Kylie and JaQuon are two good peo­ple. 
• Mis­sion: Josh and team are try­ing to cov­er up the del­e­gates. The can­di­dates can­not get the del­e­gate list. IF you are a del­e­gate list and you know the oth­er del­e­gates you have to call oth­er del­e­gates and show up in Dal­ton to vote.