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Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees

Ossoff will face Collins as he seeks reelection in a race that could affect control of the Senate.

Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees
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Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for the Senate race and Rick Jackson for governor, giving Donald Trump a mixed result in the state’s runoffs. Collins will face incumbent Jon Ossoff, while Jackson will face Keisha Lance Bottoms.

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Jon Ossoff D · GA · SEN
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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia's incumbent U.S. senator and Democratic Senate nominee

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia Republican Senate nominee and U.S. representative

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements shaped the Georgia Republican runoffs

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Former president referenced in the account of the 2020 election

Fulton County commissioner and defeated Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state

Republican Senate candidate defeated by Collins in the runoff

ALSO MENTIONED  Rick Jackson, Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who supported Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate; Josh McKoon, Georgia Republican Party chairman; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Atlanta mayor; Penny Brown Reynolds, Democratic nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Tim Fleming, Republican nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Brad Raffensperger, Outgoing Georgia secretary of state; Vernon Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia secretary of state

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Mike Collins Wins Georgia Republican Senate Nomination

Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for the U.S. Senate, setting up a November contest with incumbent Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets frame Collins’s nomination as a MAGA development and highlight Ossoff’s coalition-building and campaign strategies. Center outlets place the Senate nomination in the context of Trump’s mixed results in the Georgia runoffs and the race’s potential effect on Senate control. Right-leaning outlets previewed the race by emphasizing Collins’s record and presenting Ossoff through criticism from his rivals.

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