Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn, is the CEO of the Points of Light foundation. Michelle Nunn to run for Senate

Democrat Michelle Nunn will announce on Tuesday that she is running for Senate in Georgia, a national Democratic strategist confirmed to POLITICO.

Nunn told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday that she was joining the race, saying that “this seems like a way for me to contribute.”


Nunn has been considered a likely candidate in Georgia, a Republican-leaning state where, along with Kentucky, Democrats hope to compete in 2014.

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Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), is the CEO of the Points of Light foundation.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee seized on Nunn’s biography in an early response.

“It takes more than just family ties to get elected to the Senate and we look forward to a robust debate about the Obama/Nunn agenda and the ramifications that it has on middle-class families and women in Georgia,” communications director Brad Dayspring said in a statement.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) teased the news at an Organizing for Action event on Monday night.

“I talked to Michelle Nunn today,” Reid said. “I think there’ll be an important announcement out of Georgia tomorrow.”

Edward-Isaac Dovere and James Hohmann contributed to this report.