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Rep. Mike Collins Wins GOP Georgia Runoff for U.S. Senate

Dooley finished behind Collins in the Republican runoff for Georgia’s Senate seat.

Rep. Mike Collins Wins GOP Georgia Runoff for U.S. Senate
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Rep. Mike Collins won the Republican runoff for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, defeating Derek Dooley with 53.3 percent of the vote to Dooley’s 46.7 percent. Collins will face incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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Derek Dooley R · GA
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate who lost the runoff

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia representative and winner of the Republican U.S. Senate runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Incumbent senator Collins is expected to face in November

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who endorsed Collins and criticized Dooley

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Georgia representative and third-place finisher in the primary

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

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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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