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Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees

Ossoff is the incumbent Collins will face in the general election.

Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees
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Georgia Republicans chose Mike Collins as their Senate nominee and Rick Jackson as their gubernatorial nominee, rejecting President Donald Trump’s preferred choice for governor. Collins will face incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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Jon Ossoff D · GA · SEN
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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator and Democratic Senate incumbent

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia Republican Senate nominee

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who endorsed Collins and Jones

Former president mentioned in the account of Trump's 2020 election pressure

Fulton County commissioner and defeated Democratic candidate for secretary of state

Defeated Republican Senate candidate

ALSO MENTIONED  Rick Jackson, Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who supported Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate; Josh McKoon, Georgia Republican Party chairman; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee; Penny Brown Reynolds, Democratic nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Tim Fleming, Republican nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state during the 2020 election; Vernon Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia secretary of state

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Mike Collins Wins Georgia Republican Senate Nomination

Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for the U.S. Senate, setting up a November contest with incumbent Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets frame Collins’s nomination as a MAGA development and highlight Ossoff’s coalition-building and campaign strategies. Center outlets place the Senate nomination in the context of Trump’s mixed results in the Georgia runoffs and the race’s potential effect on Senate control. Right-leaning outlets previewed the race by emphasizing Collins’s record and presenting Ossoff through criticism from his rivals.

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