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Georgia primary election runoff: High-stakes races in the spotlight

Dooley is competing with Mike Collins for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Georgia primary election runoff: High-stakes races in the spotlight
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
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Georgia voters are heading to the polls for primary runoffs, including Republican contests for the U.S. Senate and governor. The winners will advance to November’s general election, and officials say nearly 483,000 early and absentee ballots have already been cast.

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Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate primary runoff

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate primary runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Incumbent Democratic U.S. senator whom the Senate runoff winner will challenge

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who endorsed Mike Collins and Burt Jones

ALSO MENTIONED  Burt Jones, Republican candidate in the gubernatorial primary runoff and Georgia lieutenant governor; Rick Jackson, Businessman and Republican candidate in the gubernatorial primary runoff; DeAndre Mathis, Candidate in a statewide runoff, attorney and former judicial candidate; Fred Longgrear, Educator and Republican candidate challenging Richard Woods; Greg Dolezal, Republican state senator seeking statewide office; John F. Kennedy, Republican state senator and former Georgia House member seeking statewide office; Josh McLaurin, Democratic state senator seeking statewide office; Josh Tolbert, Candidate in a statewide runoff, energy consultant and businessman; Keisha Waites, Candidate in a statewide runoff and former Atlanta City Council member and state representative; Michelle Sanchez, Candidate in a statewide runoff and labor and employment attorney; Nabilah Parkes, Candidate in a statewide runoff and former state representative; Nikki Porcher, Candidate in a statewide runoff and founder of a student debt advocacy organization; Richard Woods, Incumbent state school superintendent seeking another term; Tim Fleming, Candidate in another statewide runoff and former chief of staff to Gov. Brian Kemp; Bobby Mehan, Candidate in a statewide runoff, engineer and former utility executive; Vernon Jones, Candidate in another runoff and former lawmaker and county executive; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who backed Derek Dooley and Burt Jones

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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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