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

Trump backed Collins and Jones, but Jackson won the governor’s nomination over Jones.

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 President Donald Trump’s preferred gubernatorial candidate but selecting his Senate pick. Collins will face incumbent Jon Ossoff in a race the article says could affect control of the Senate.

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President whose endorsements shaped the Republican runoffs

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Georgia senator and Collins’s general-election opponent

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Georgia representative and Republican U.S. Senate nominee

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Fulton County commissioner and unsuccessful Democratic secretary of state candidate

Former football coach and unsuccessful Republican Senate candidate

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

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Georgia Republicans Select Collins and Jackson in Runoff Elections

Georgia Republicans nominated Mike Collins for Senate and Rick Jackson for governor in their runoffs. Trump had backed Collins and Burt Jones, who lost to Jackson, leaving Trump with his Senate pick but not his preferred gubernatorial nominee. Center outlets mostly present the results as a split test of Trump’s endorsement influence, while some also emphasize divisions among Georgia Republicans and the November contests.

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