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Mike Collins, Derek Dooley advance to GOP runoff for Georgia U.S. Senate seat

Collins advanced to the Republican runoff and will compete with Derek Dooley for the Senate nomination.

Mike Collins, Derek Dooley advance to GOP runoff for Georgia U.S. Senate seat
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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
May 19, 2026
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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley advanced to a June 16 Republican runoff for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat after neither won a majority in the primary. The runoff winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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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 candidate advancing to the runoff

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Republican Senate candidate advancing to the runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic incumbent who will face the runoff winner in the general election

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who had not endorsed a candidate in the Senate race

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who publicly supported Dooley; Carter, Republican Senate primary 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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