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Georgia GOP runoff sets up Senate and governor fights

Dooley advanced to the runoff against Mike Collins after receiving about 30% of the May primary vote.

Georgia GOP runoff sets up Senate and governor fights
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Georgia Republicans are set to choose nominees in Tuesday’s Senate and governor runoffs. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley are competing for the chance to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff, while the governor’s race is also headed to a runoff.

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Derek Dooley R · GA
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Republican Senate candidate in Georgia’s runoff

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican Senate candidate in Georgia’s runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Georgia senator Collins and Dooley hope to challenge

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who endorsed candidates in the Republican runoffs

J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States

Vice president who could cast a Senate tiebreaking vote

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Georgia representative who finished third in the Senate primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Outgoing Georgia governor who endorsed candidates in the Republican runoffs; Burt Jones, Georgia lieutenant governor and Republican gubernatorial candidate; Rick Jackson, Healthcare executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate

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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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