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Trump-backed Mike Collins wins Georgia Senate GOP runoff

Dooley lost the runoff to Collins and conceded the race.

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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
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Mike Collins won Georgia’s Republican Senate primary runoff, defeating Derek Dooley with 55.5% of the vote, according to unofficial results. The race drew national attention as a test of Donald Trump’s influence and a contest that could affect control of the Senate.

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Derek Dooley R · GA
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Collins’s opponent in the Georgia Republican Senate primary runoff

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia representative and Republican Senate primary runoff winner

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator and Collins’s prospective opponent in November

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who endorsed Collins

Former president referenced in Collins’s criticism of Ossoff’s votes

ALSO MENTIONED  Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state whose office supplied unofficial results; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who endorsed Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican candidate for governor; Rick Jackson, Republican candidate for Georgia governor; Stacy Abrams, Democratic candidate in Georgia’s previous gubernatorial elections

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Mike Collins Wins Georgia Republican Senate Runoff

Outlets report that Mike Collins won Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff over Derek Dooley and will face Sen. Jon Ossoff in November. Center outlets put the result in the context of competing Trump and Kemp endorsements and Republican divisions, treating it as a test of party influence. Right-leaning outlets foreground Collins’s win and, in some coverage, present it as momentum toward challenging Ossoff.

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