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Rep. Mike Collins advances to Republican runoff for US Senate in Georgia primary

Collins won the Republican Senate nomination and is set to face Jon Ossoff in November.

Rep. Mike Collins advances to Republican runoff for US Senate in Georgia primary
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Rep. Mike Collins won Georgia’s Republican Senate nomination, setting up a November contest with Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. The article describes the race as one of the country’s closely watched Senate contests.

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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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