Multiple Georgia Republicans told CNN they worry about Walker’s string of verbal gaffes and unfocused strategy. Some said they fear he is ill-equipped to go up against Sen. Raphael Warnock, his well-funded and disciplined Democratic opponent in one of the marquee races of the 2022 midterms.

Warnock, who was elected to the Senate in the January 2021 runoff months after Joe Biden narrowly won Georgia, remains one of the more popular politicians in the deeply divided state. A recent Quinnipiac University poll even showed Warnock leading Walker among registered voters by 10 points, 54% to 44% — despite the fact that the same poll found Biden’s approval in Georgia at a dismal 33%.

Republicans in the state say they believe the race is much closer but that Walker likely still trails by single digits.

“I think he could very well be the only person on the [GOP] ticket who loses,” said one Republican operative in Georgia. “Any time he speaks publicly, it not only does not inspire confidence, it inspires a crisis of confidence.”