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Rep. Mike Collins wins Georgia GOP Senate runoff

politicsJun 17, 2026545,318

NBC projects Rep. Mike Collins won the Georgia Republican Senate runoff and will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the November general election. Collins, backed by former President Donald Trump, secured the GOP nomination in the runoff to advance to what outlets call one of the year's most competitive Senate contests. The matchup turns Georgia into a national battleground that could influence control of the Senate and attract heavy outside spending and attention.

MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

NEWS: Trump suffers a major Republican primary defeat in Georgia. Trump-backed Burt Jones has LOST the Georgia GOP gubernatorial runoff to Rick Jackson, per Decision Desk HQ. Jackson will now face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.

12976h ago
Kurt Ronn45

Jackson is a millionaire who profited off Georgia’s lousy healthcare. He’s not an outsider he’s part of the wealthy Epstein class. Collins and Jones are MAGA ejection deniers and Kemp is not a moderate. Kemp is a mashup of Ted Cruz and Susan Collins with a Georgia accent. RIP GOP VOTE BLUE GA

Justice ❌👑31

Keisha Lance Bottoms 60th Mayor of Atlanta Senior Advisor to the President Director of the Office of Public Engagement, Biden

professor-iago.bsky.social14

He still has Collins against Ossoff, which pits the senate race in the Democrat's favor.

Escarietson10

#VoteBlueGeorgia, do NOT fuck this up...!

Middlerage8

Wow! Yay! Trump is imploding.

Kendracula6

Jackson carpet bombed tv with ads. Expect him to go full racist misogyny from tomorrow to November 😞 Hopefully Senate General will pull in voters to help KLB.

Tori6

He was also endorsed by Gov. Kemp. TV ads galore here by Jones emphasizing the endorsements by Trump and Kemp. Jones also tried to use his "Christianity" in ads and accused his opponent of buying votes. Glad to see it all failed. And glad those ads are gone forever!

Alana6

isn't that the gun wielding guy over something? Tired of politicians using gun money to get elected. AMERICA we are better than this

John Adams: anti-Trump veteran6

Hard to click on Like when the GOP cannot be trusted. The NRA Tea Party MAGA GOP, got Nixonized and fell apart. The last good thing they did was help LBJ pass the Voting Rights Act. Now.... still letting kids die in classrooms, taking away women's rights and voting rights, etc. Fully broken.

Ksmith6

It really doesn’t matter. They are both major MAGA

Fifty Shades of Blue 💙 🇺🇸5

Maga's end is coming 💙

timbo6.bsky.social5

He may have big money, but Georgia loves Bottoms! She was a great mayor in Atlanta! LK Bottoms will be the winner!

Mike B5

the problem is that Rick Jackson is quite literally satan

Nelscum5

He is also a racist btw you have Mike Collins that Nazi.

Lisa Mikolajczyk ✡️ 🏴‍☠️4

He’ll be a much tougher candidate for her to beat.

aPolishgirl4

Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn’t be better if Trump’s idiots won because they would be easier to beat.

J.R.4

Is it really a loss? Jackson has tried to position himself as another Trump.

Havenlore4

I'm voting for Keisha Lance Bottoms! She's fantastic!!!

Carter Magia3

They had to cut to commercials so much, AND THEY STILL LOST. The ultimate in ragebait.

MaggieMae🦊3

Looks like he doesn’t have the cards!

carljosephocean.bsky.social2

Hopefully, we will get a break from seeing his campaign ads every five minutes. I don't even live in Georgia, but they have been showing the ads in Tennessee.

ELIZE2

Guess the Trump endorsement isn't as golden as it used to be 😐

Patrick Fitzgerald2

We'll see if people fall again for the "I'm an outsider business man, not a politician" logic.

D.C.2

Another humiliating defeat for Trump.

Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Georgia state Rep. Tim Fleming, who campaigned on stricter voting laws and false claims about election fraud, won the Republican runoff for secretary of state, moving one step closer to becoming the top election official in the battleground state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

5115h ago
cozybooksonly.bsky.social30

Here’s the Dem candidate! bsky.app/profile/vote...

pismoelizabeth.bsky.social16

Terrible! The GOP just keeps getting worse by the hour.

Jinx14

If our rights depend on who wins elections, then we DON'T have rights, we have conditional privileges. Something that will change depending on who is in office. We have INALIENABLE rights & those rights should remain in effect regardless of who is in office. This is something SCOTUS has foresaken.

Dookie Lazer10

Every American voter’s mantra should be: “If a politician tells you elections are rigged, it’s because they plan on rigging the election.”

Barbara - A.K.A. Aunt Tifa8

Sigh!!! I live in Georgia! Time to get louder and find an organization to support voter turnout and information distributor.

Fiona7

Come on Georgia, show up and vote for Democracy! Huge turnout required, get engaged, help your neighbors get to the polls. You deserve freedom

Diane in Ohio6

Please, Georgia! Don't elect this guy!

shawnpb.bsky.social4

It's a bummer but this country wants Fascism, support Racism & want a pretend strong man like putin or trump. America is a very uneducated 3rd world country.

Nuvi’s Mom4

The Southern states just can’t help but live up to their reputation as filled with Deliverance folk. And yes I know it’s not everyone, but it is why my Dad after returning from a German POW camp left for good the state his ancestors settled. He had seen enough ignorance and hate first hand.

Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑2

Greeeaaat. Come on Georgia don't do this to us.

*7.5 SPOILERS* DisappointedRamuh2

The “Big Lie” bullshit is strong here. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com

Trump-endorsed MAGA election denier Mike Collins will face Ossoff in November.

5346h ago
Smack54 -stop calling it AI-81

I hope Ossoff kicks his ass.

Havenlore40

Ossoff is my senator and he's a great senator. Ossoff will wipe the floor with that cockroach.

seekingjustice.bsky.social26

And anti woman He’s for a complete ban on women’s healthcare

NotafanofFacism21

He’s a racist, (hugely) misogynistic, election denying asshole. No wonder Trump backs him.

raveon56.bsky.social18

With a good turnout, ossoff should win, as well as Bottoms for Governor

Andrew M_Founder 🇬🇷 🇺🇸12

He's literally human fucking garbage.

ydross.bsky.social12

All these bad candidates are winning Republicans primary. Democrats love it

Prius Driving Liberal11

Time to ramp up on donations to Ossoff and others.

D&P8

Just donated to Ossoff’s campaign.

Angry Gnat in TX7

Good. He will get his maga ass trounced.

Kurt Ronn7

Jackson is a millionaire who profited off Georgia’s lousy healthcare. He’s not an outsider he’s part of the wealthy Epstein class. Collins and Jones are MAGA ejection deniers and Kemp is not a moderate. Kemp is a mashup of Ted Cruz and Susan Collins with a Georgia accent. RIP GOP VOTE BLUE GA

Zorro Rozic6

Well then he should just drop out ; if he don’t believe in election results 🤷🏻‍♂️🚮

NavyJim 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦🌮5

and Ossoff will toast him.

heishalley.bsky.social5

Mikey better eat his bananas and pull on his big boy pants. Can’t wait to see Ossoff mutilate mikey.

manuele.bsky.social5

you see, people keep voting for these criminals. it’s absolutely incredible.

Aurelius5

This huge headed white punk will be landslid. Mark it down.

Josephine Imperato4

Fake Elector and Election Denier against the decent, honest, competent Jon Ossify. Who would you pick?

David4

I don’t think I would want Trump’s endorsement. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

cbum-in-co.bsky.social3

Collins will be owned like a little bitch.

wozvillenation.bsky.social3

This is a no-brainer. But….

🇺🇦Schadenfreude's Cat🇺🇦2

I always like when Trump stupidly decides to blow up a seat that would otherwise be an easy get for him.

JBParity2

Any race against a Trump endorsed candidate is going to be a messy & hard one to win, Ossof can do it as long as everyone in GA stays engaged.

Sue Me2

Should be as sweet as a 🍑 Hope Georgia shows up in droves so big the humiliation will be undeniable. Gerrymanding? Yea, fuck that.

Soma2

Congrats in advance to Ossoff on his landslide victory!

Tim Byrne2

His head looks like a Rubik's Cube.

DlRotroff2

Obviously his campaign plan will be ‘I win no matter what’.

Cat2

Also the guy that believes ALL abortion should be illegal. No exceptions. Not even if the mother will die. Super great 😕

mslowins🌻2

old lame republican vs cool young ossoff

kris delaney cooney2

GA Republican political insiders do not like him, lots of baggage. Ossoff will have an even stronger chance of winning against Collins.

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