In a phone interview while campaigning Friday morning in Atlanta, U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Jack Kingston said he has the conservative credentials to appeal to Republicans at this stage but that being accessible and “local” will help him with independent voters.The Statesboro Herald requested the interview after learning that Kingston’s opponent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff, David Perdue, would make a Thursday campaign stop here. Although Kingston did not visit Statesboro this week, he was in Metter last Saturday for the Candler County Centennial Celebration, also visited Glennville that day, and was in Savannah, his home town, on Tuesday. “I think that people in the Republican primary are looking for a tested, known conservative and also somebody who’s local, who has visited Bulloch County over and over again, has been to Register, has been to Portal, has been to Brooklet and all places in between, obviously Statesboro,” Kingston said.The question had been, to what extent does the runoff hinge on who is more conservative?