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U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, Derek Dooley make GOP Senate runoff

Dooley finished second in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary and will face Collins in a runoff.

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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley finished first and second in Georgia’s May 19 Republican Senate primary and will face each other in a runoff to determine who challenges Jon Ossoff. Ossoff’s campaign criticized both candidates in a statement after the result.

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Republican Senate candidate advancing to the runoff

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican Senate candidate advancing to the runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic senator whom the runoff winner will face

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and political figure invoked in the Senate race

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Republican House member and defeated Senate primary candidate

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Dooley and Collins Set for Georgia Senate Primary Runoff

Derek Dooley and Mike Collins will face each other in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary runoff to determine who will challenge Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets place the matchup within wider campaign dynamics and Republican politics. Center outlets emphasize the primary result and the nomination contest, with the general-election matchup as context. Right-leaning outlets connect the race to broader GOP dynamics and November stakes, including a possible Kemp-Trump proxy contest and Collins’s reported poll lead.

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