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Democrat Jon Ossoff skates as Georgia GOP Senate primary drags on to runoff election

Collins led the primary but did not win a majority, so he will face Derek Dooley in a runoff.

Democrat Jon Ossoff skates as Georgia GOP Senate primary drags on to runoff election
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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
May 19, 2026
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Georgia Republicans failed to choose a Senate nominee outright, sending Mike Collins and Derek Dooley to a June runoff while Jon Ossoff waits to learn his November opponent. Buddy Carter finished third.

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Mike Collins R · GA-10
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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 a runoff

PRIMARY SUBJECT

Republican Senate candidate advancing to a runoff

Dooley's version of this story ↗
Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Incumbent senator awaiting the Republican nominee who will challenge him

Ossoff's version of this story ↗
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who made no endorsement in the Republican primary

Former president cited in the account of Georgia’s 2020 presidential result

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Republican Senate candidate who finished third and criticized Collins

David A. Perdue
Former U.S. Senator (R-GA)

Republican who previously lost a Senate race to Ossoff

Johnny Isakson
Former U.S. Senator (R-GA)

Former Republican senator cited in Georgia election history

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who endorsed Dooley; Jim Barksdale, Democratic Senate candidate defeated by Johnny Isakson in 2016

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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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