Johnny Isakson, former Republican senator from Georgia, dies at 76

• Conservative senator was known as a consensus-builder
• Retirement in 2019 preceded GOP losses in both Senate seats

Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican who earned a reputation for bipartisan co-operation as a US senator from 2005 to 2019, has died. He was 76.

The Georgia governor, Brian Kemp, confirmed the death on Sunday.