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Georgia GOP Senate primary heads to runoff between Mike Collins and Derek Dooley

Collins led the primary vote and will face Derek Dooley in the runoff for the Republican Senate nomination.

Georgia GOP Senate primary heads to runoff between Mike Collins and Derek Dooley
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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley advanced to a June 16 runoff for the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia after neither won more than half the vote. The winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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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 the runoff

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Republican Senate candidate advancing to the runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic incumbent expected to face the Republican nominee in November

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who did not endorse in the Republican Senate primary

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Republican Senate candidate who placed third in the primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who backed Dooley

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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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