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Georgia Senate race enters heated runoff as Collins, Dooley battle for GOP nomination

Dooley advanced to the runoff and argues that a Washington politician is not the candidate to defeat Ossoff.

Georgia Senate race enters heated runoff as Collins, Dooley battle for GOP nomination
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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
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Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will face each other in a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination after neither won more than half the vote. The winner will challenge incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in the fall.

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Republican candidate in the Senate primary runoff

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican candidate in the Senate primary runoff

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Incumbent senator the runoff winner will challenge

Buddy Carter
R · GA-1

Republican candidate eliminated in the primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Brian Kemp, Georgia governor who recruited and supported Dooley

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Dooley and Collins Set for Georgia Senate Primary Runoff

Derek Dooley and Mike Collins will face each other in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary runoff to determine who will challenge Jon Ossoff. Left-leaning outlets place the matchup within wider campaign dynamics and Republican politics. Center outlets emphasize the primary result and the nomination contest, with the general-election matchup as context. Right-leaning outlets connect the race to broader GOP dynamics and November stakes, including a possible Kemp-Trump proxy contest and Collins’s reported poll lead.

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