Mike Collins Wins Georgia Senate Primary With 55.6% as Trump's Pick Beats Kemp's
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 17
Mike Collins Wins Georgia Senate Primary With 55.6% as Trump's Pick Beats Kemp's
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 17
Summary
Mike Collins captured Georgia's GOP Senate nomination with 55.6%, defeating Derek Dooley in a proxy fight between Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp.
Trump's late endorsement helped Collins after he attacked Dooley for affirming Joe Biden's 2020 win, while Collins ran as an immigration hard-liner tied to the Laken Riley Act.
The result gives Republicans a nominee to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a race central to the party's bid to flip the Senate seat.
Georgia also showed limits to Trump and Kemp's sway: their joint pick for governor, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, lost to self-funding healthcare CEO Rick Jackson after a roughly $162 million primary ad fight.