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*** Election Night Livewire *** Trump's Deep South Endorsements Put to Test as Voters in Alabama, Georgia Head to Polls

Collins was projected to win Georgia’s Republican Senate primary and advance to face Jon Ossoff.

*** Election Night Livewire *** Trump's Deep South Endorsements Put to Test as Voters in Alabama, Georgia Head to Polls
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Election-night updates reported Rep. Barry Moore’s Alabama primary victory and projected Rep. Mike Collins as Georgia’s Republican Senate nominee. In Georgia’s gubernatorial primary, Rick Jackson was projected to defeat Trump-endorsed Burt Jones.

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This story reports what happened without casting Collins in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Collins’s record.

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia Republican Senate primary candidate

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements are a focus of the primary results

Trump's version of this story ↗
Barry Moore
R · AL-1

Alabama Republican Senate primary candidate

Moore's version of this story ↗
Tommy Tuberville
R · AL · SEN

Alabama senator seeking the governorship

District of Columbia delegate to Congress, retiring from the role

Kevin Hern
R · OK-1

Oklahoma representative and expected Republican nominee in a special Senate election

Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator and expected Democratic opponent in the November Senate election

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate Republican leader mentioned in connection with endorsements and an affiliated group

Eric Swalwell
Former U.S. Representative (D-CA)

Former California representative whose seat is subject to a special election

Alan Armstrong
R · OK · SEN

Oklahoma senator appointed to serve until the special election

Chuck Schumer
D · NY · SEN

Senate minority leader criticized in a statement from the Senate Leadership Fund

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Secretary of Homeland Security and former Oklahoma senator

Republican candidate in Georgia’s Senate primary

Republican candidate challenging Barry Moore in Alabama

ALSO MENTIONED  Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial primary candidate; Donald Trump Jr., Political figure whose favorable comments about Rick Jackson are noted; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who recruited Dooley and endorsed Jones; Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma governor; Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia; Rick Jackson, Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary candidate; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former Atlanta mayor and Democratic candidate for Georgia governor

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Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff

Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff against Derek Dooley. The race was to choose the Republican nominee to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets place the endorsement amid Republican divisions and concerns about Collins’s controversies or general-election prospects. Center outlets mostly treat it as a development in the GOP runoff and a test of Trump’s influence, often noting Brian Kemp’s support for Dooley. Right-leaning outlets foreground the endorsement and, in some coverage, Trump’s praise of Collins or the broader test of his influence.

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