Derek Dooley Enters Georgia GOP Senate Runoff Trailing Mike Collins by 10 Points
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Derek Dooley Enters Georgia GOP Senate Runoff Trailing Mike Collins by 10 Points
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Summary
Derek Dooley, 58, faces Representative Mike Collins in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary runoff in Georgia after finishing about 10 percentage points behind in the May first round.
Brian Kemp has become Dooley’s biggest political backer, joining him at more than 90 campaign stops and supporting him through TV ads from the governor’s super PAC.
Dooley is running as a political outsider, an argument Kemp has pushed as Republicans look for a nominee to challenge Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff.
The former college football coach is also the son of Vince Dooley, the late Georgia coaching legend who won the 1980 national title and more than 200 games at the University of Georgia.