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The Latest: Primary elections in Alabama, Oklahoma and Georgia further test Trump's influence | National

Collins is a Trump-endorsed contender in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff and is discussed in connection with his immigration position and campaign.

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Voters in four states and Washington, D.C., are choosing party nominees in primaries that the Associated Press describes as tests of Donald Trump’s influence. The contests include Republican Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama and open-seat races in California and Oklahoma.

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia representative and Republican Senate candidate

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and Republican endorser in several primary contests

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Barry Moore
R · AL-1

Alabama representative and Republican Senate candidate

Moore's version of this story ↗
Tommy Tuberville
R · AL · SEN

Alabama senator whose seat is being vacated

Outgoing District of Columbia delegate to Congress

Kevin Hern
R · OK-1

Oklahoma representative and Republican Senate candidate

Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator and prospective Democratic opponent in the general election

Democratic candidate for Eric Swalwell’s House seat and former Dublin mayor

Republican candidate for Eric Swalwell’s California House seat

Former president and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee

Aisha Wahab
D · CA-14

California state senator and Democratic candidate for Eric Swalwell’s House seat

Fulton County commissioner and Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state

Eric Swalwell
Former U.S. Representative (D-CA)

Former California representative who resigned from the House

Republican candidate for the District of Columbia’s delegate seat

Kristi Noem
Former U.S. Representative (R-SD)

Former Homeland Security secretary

Former New Hampshire governor and Republican Senate candidate

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Homeland Security secretary and former Oklahoma senator

Republican candidate for Eric Swalwell’s California House seat

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia

Ted Cruz
R · TX · SEN

Texas senator endorsing candidates in Republican gubernatorial races

Former Navy SEAL and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama

ALSO MENTIONED  Alan Wilson, South Carolina attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Barack Obama, Former president; Brad Raffensperger, Outgoing Georgia secretary of state; Brian Kemp, Outgoing Georgia governor; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Charles McCall, Former Oklahoma House speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Chip Keating, Former Oklahoma public safety director and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Debbie Dooley, Tea party organizer supporting Derek Dooley; Gentner Drummond, Oklahoma attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate; George H.W. Bush, Former president; James Haddad, Georgia voter and Mike Collins supporter; Janeese Lewis George, District of Columbia council member and mayoral contender; Jenny Beth Martin, Tea party organizer supporting Mike Collins; Josh McKoon, Georgia Republican Party chairman; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia and former Atlanta mayor; Kenyan McDuffie, District of Columbia council member and mayoral contender; Kevin Stitt, Outgoing Oklahoma governor; Manuel Rivera, Republican candidate for District of Columbia attorney general; Mike Mazzei, Former Oklahoma state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia mayor; Pamela Evette, South Carolina lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Penny Brown Reynolds, Former state judge and Democratic candidate for Georgia secretary of state; Rick Jackson, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate; Tim Fleming, Georgia state lawmaker and Republican candidate for secretary of state; Vernon Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia secretary of state

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Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff

Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff against Derek Dooley. The race was to choose the Republican nominee to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets place the endorsement amid Republican divisions and concerns about Collins’s controversies or general-election prospects. Center outlets mostly treat it as a development in the GOP runoff and a test of Trump’s influence, often noting Brian Kemp’s support for Dooley. Right-leaning outlets foreground the endorsement and, in some coverage, Trump’s praise of Collins or the broader test of his influence.

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