President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., to lead the Small Business Administration in his second term.

“I am pleased to appoint business leader and former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia as Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA),” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump called Loeffler “a great fighter in the U.S. Senate during the first Trump administration” and said she would “bring her experience in business and in Washington to cut red tape and give our small businesses the opportunity to grow, innovate.” to develop and thrive.”

Trump announced last month that Loeffler would co-chair the organization planning his inauguration.

Loeffler, 53, represented Georgia in the Senate for just over a year in 2020 and 2021, filling the seat left vacant by the late Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., when he resigned for health reasons. She ran for the seat in the 2020 special election but lost in a runoff to Democrat Raphael Warnock.

After the 2020 election, when Trump pushed his claims of widespread voter fraud, Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that he had lost the presidential election. NBC News reported last year that a special grand jury in Georgia that initially investigated Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results recommended indicting more than three dozen people, including 21 who were not charged in the Fulton County case. Loeffler was among those recommended by the panel, but she was ultimately not charged.

Trump has named other nominees for his incoming Cabinet who have also expressed doubts about his defeat in the 2020 election, including Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., his pick for U.N. ambassador; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, elected secretary of state; and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was elected attorney general.

Loeffler is the founder of the company RallyRight, which is described as “a series of technology products designed to equip conservatives with the tools necessary to win at every level.” She is also a board member of the PublicSquare application, described as “the largest marketplace and payments ecosystem protecting lives, families and freedom.” She previously owned a 49% stake in the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, which was sold in 2021.

The small business administrator requires Senate confirmation.