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Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees

Ossoff will face Collins as he seeks reelection to the Senate.

Georgia Republicans are under Trump's shadow as they choose Senate and governor nominees
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Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for the U.S. Senate and Rick Jackson for governor, rejecting Donald Trump’s preferred gubernatorial candidate while choosing his Senate pick. Collins will face Sen. Jon Ossoff in a contest that could affect control of the Senate.

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

Democratic U.S. senator and Collins’s general-election opponent

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Mike Collins
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Georgia Republican Senate nominee and U.S. representative

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements shaped the Georgia Republican runoffs

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Former U.S. president mentioned in reference to the 2020 election

Fulton County commissioner and Democratic secretary of state candidate

Republican Senate candidate who lost the runoff to Collins

ALSO MENTIONED  Rick Jackson, Republican gubernatorial nominee; Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who supported Dooley; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Josh McKoon, Georgia Republican Party chairman; Keisha Lance Bottoms, Democratic gubernatorial nominee; Penny Brown Reynolds, Democratic nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Tim Fleming, Republican nominee for Georgia secretary of state; Brad Raffensperger, Outgoing Georgia secretary of state; Vernon Jones, Republican candidate for Georgia secretary of state

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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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