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Georgia GOP delivered split decision for Trump in runoffs

Trump’s preferred Senate candidate won, while his preferred gubernatorial candidate lost.

Georgia GOP delivered split decision for Trump in runoffs
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Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for the Senate race but chose Rick Jackson over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate for governor. The results set up November contests that could affect control of the Senate and the state’s governorship.

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Donald Trump R · President of the United States
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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements shaped the Republican runoffs

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Mike Collins
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Republican Senate candidate who won the runoff nomination

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Jon Ossoff
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Democratic incumbent and Collins’s prospective general-election opponent

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Former president referenced in the account of Trump’s 2020 election pressure

Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state

Republican Senate candidate defeated by Mike Collins in the runoff

ALSO MENTIONED  Rick Jackson, Republican gubernatorial candidate who won the runoff nomination; Brian Kemp, Governor who supported Dooley; Burt Jones, Lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate who lost the Republican runoff; Josh McKoon, Georgia Republican Party chairman; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee; Penny Brown Reynolds, Democratic candidate who won the secretary of state nomination; Tim Fleming, Republican candidate who won the secretary of state nomination; Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state referenced in election-history context; Vernon Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia secretary of state

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Georgia Republicans Select Collins and Jackson in Runoff Elections

Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for Senate and Rick Jackson for governor in their runoffs. Trump had backed Collins and Burt Jones, who lost to Jackson, leaving Trump with his Senate pick but not his preferred gubernatorial nominee. Center outlets mostly present the results as a split test of Trump’s endorsement influence, while some also emphasize divisions among Georgia Republicans and the November contests.

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