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Republican divides and strange alliances emerge ahead of Georgia runoff

Dooley is competing with Mike Collins for the Republican Senate nomination and has Brian Kemp’s backing.

Republican divides and strange alliances emerge ahead of Georgia runoff
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
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Georgia Republicans are heading into runoffs amid competing endorsements and divisions over their Senate and governor nominees. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley are competing for the Senate nomination, while Donald Trump, Brian Kemp and Ted Cruz have backed candidates in the races.

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and endorser in the Georgia Republican runoffs

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic U.S. senator and prospective general-election opponent

Former president, mentioned in the account of Trump’s 2020 election challenge

Ted Cruz
R · TX · SEN

U.S. senator from Texas who endorsed Rick Jackson

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Outgoing Georgia governor and endorser in the Republican runoffs; Burt Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia governor; Debbie Dooley, Conservative activist backing Jones and Derek Dooley; Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots founder who appeared with Collins; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic nominee for Georgia governor and former Atlanta mayor; Rick Jackson, Republican candidate for Georgia governor

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Mike Collins Wins Georgia Republican Senate Runoff

Outlets report that Mike Collins won Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff over Derek Dooley and will face Sen. Jon Ossoff in November. Center outlets put the result in the context of competing Trump and Kemp endorsements and Republican divisions, treating it as a test of party influence. Right-leaning outlets foreground Collins’s win and, in some coverage, present it as momentum toward challenging Ossoff.

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