Politically expedient

■ Kaye heads back to the House:

Republican Mitchell Kaye will return to the Georgia House, where he served from 1993 through 2003, after winning a special election runoff this past week in House District 45. It will be a short stay, however, because Kaye did not qualify to run for the east Cobb County seat in this month’s primary. He will complete the final seven months of former state Rep. Matt Dollar’s term before the General Assembly is set to return in January. Dollar left the House to become deputy commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia.

■ Bush to stump for Kemp: Politico reported that former President George W. Bush will be the “special guest” at a Texas fundraiser this month for Gov. Brian Kemp, marking another chapter in “longstanding tensions,” the outlet reported, between the Bush family and former President Donald Trump. Trump is backing former U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s bid to oust Kemp in Georgia’s GOP primary.

■ Cruz to headline conservative conference in Atlanta: Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and other conservative leaders will speak at the Together for Truth summit May 21 in Atlanta. The one-day conference, organized by the Truth and Courage PAC, will also include workshops to train supporters on how to build grassroots political operations in their communities. Also speaking at the conference will be U.S. Reps. Burgess Owens of Utah and Chip Roy of Texas.

■ Warnock cited for work across the aisle: The Lugar Center ranked Warnock as the 18th most bipartisan senator for his work in 2021.

■ Haley gives boost to Hunt campaign: Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is backing Jeremy Hunt in the 2nd Congressional District’s GOP primary. Her Stand for America PAC also will hold online fundraisers on Hunt’s behalf. Hunt also holds endorsements from former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri.