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Rep. Mike Collins, Derek Dooley to Compete in GA GOP Senate Primary Runoff

Collins led the primary and will face Derek Dooley in the runoff.

Rep. Mike Collins, Derek Dooley to Compete in GA GOP Senate Primary Runoff
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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
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May 20, 2026
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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley advanced to a runoff in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary after no candidate won a majority. The winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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Mike Collins R · GA-10
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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

Republican Senate primary candidate who advanced to the runoff

PRIMARY SUBJECT

Republican Senate primary candidate who advanced to the runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic senator whose seat the Republican candidates seek

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who has not endorsed a candidate in the Senate race and has criticized Ossoff

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Republican Senate primary candidate who did not advance to the runoff

ALSO MENTIONED  Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who backed Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Chris Carr, Georgia attorney general and gubernatorial candidate; Rick Jackson, Georgia gubernatorial candidate

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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley Advance to Georgia Senate Primary Runoff

Outlets on the center and right agree that Collins and Dooley advanced from Georgia’s Republican Senate primary to a runoff; its winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November. Center outlets mostly treat the result as a contest to choose Ossoff’s challenger, with some adding candidate or party dynamics. Right-leaning outlets stress the Republican effort to challenge Ossoff and party alignments, with some portraying Collins as a particularly strong challenger.

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