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Georgia Goes MAGA in the Republican Senate Primary

Ossoff is preparing to face Collins and is described as building a coalition of moderates, independents, and Democratic voters.

Georgia Goes MAGA in the Republican Senate Primary
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
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Mike Collins defeated Derek Dooley in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff, setting up a fall race against Senator Jon Ossoff. The column argues Collins’s nomination could shape the contest and highlights the candidates’ fundraising and campaign strategies.

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

Democratic senator and expected general-election opponent

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican Senate nominee after winning the runoff

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who backed Collins and insulted Ossoff on social media

Former football coach and defeated Republican Senate primary candidate

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

Former Republican senator and Ossoff’s 2020 opponent

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who endorsed Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor who lost the Republican gubernatorial primary; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Atlanta mayor; Mac Collins, Former representative and Mike Collins’s father; Rick Jackson, Businessman who won the Republican gubernatorial primary

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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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