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

Ossoff will defend his Senate seat against Collins after the Republican runoff.

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

Georgia senator and Collins’s general-election opponent

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Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Georgia representative and Republican U.S. Senate nominee

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose endorsements shaped the Republican runoffs

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Former president mentioned in the account of the 2020 election

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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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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