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Rep. Mike Collins wins Georgia GOP Senate runoff

politicsJun 17, 2026859,036

NBC projects Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins won the Georgia Republican Senate runoff and will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff this November. Collins, a freshman U.S. representative from Georgia's 10th District, clinched the GOP nomination in the head-to-head runoff. The matchup matters because Ossoff holds one of the Senate's most competitive seats and Collins' Trump endorsement and hardline positions are likely to draw heavy outside spending and national attention into the race.

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.

162845d ago
Kurt Ronn55

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 ❌👑37

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

professor-iago.bsky.social16

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

Escarietson12

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

Middlerage9

Wow! Yay! Trump is imploding.

Kendracula7

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.

Alana7

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 veteran7

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.

Mike B7

the problem is that Rick Jackson is quite literally satan

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!

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!

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.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Ossoff on Mike Collins: "He's pro-war. He's pro-tariffs. He's pro-cutting your healthcare. He's also a notorious bigot and antisemite, and an election-denying extremist who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, and is a Trump puppet who will serve his needs & agenda mindlessly"

115644d ago
Marc McDonald68

Take notes, democrats. This is the appropriate way to talk about republicans.

EARNED MY SPURS: UNABLE TO CURB MY CUSSING 🐎31

I sure don't mind hearing the truth, do any of y'all?

Renee Babcock18

When you mention a man's daddy and his connections, that's not holding back.

LibrarianWriterGeek18

Other Democrats, please take note and do more of this. We're all beyond tired of playing nice and only ever being mildly critical of Republicans. "They go low, we go high" sounds good, but doesn't work because it requires the other side to feel shame, and Republicans don't.

concerned2.bsky.social15

VOTE for Ossoff VOTE 🔵 VOTE Democrat

Jon Sternfeld 12

This guy is singing my motherfucking tune.

sonny1471.bsky.social6

Why is Ossoff the only Democrat talking like this? They should ALL be out everywhere talking like this.

GrandstandFan5

I'm liking this guy more and more.

Bknox4

But other than that …

pfanyc4

Imagine if Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could show this level of conviction and clarity on basic democratic principles. Imagine if they could communicate as is they're normal people.

2cats2furious4

Tell us how you really feel, Senator.

Ace Combs Art3

Or he could just say "Republican". But I like the way he said it better.

*it* is happening here2

Collins sounds like MAGA on roids

@MissMyRubyDoo2

John Ossoff is just a treasure.

G2

I’m not a puppet, I’m not a puppet, whose a puppet, I’m not a puppet 🤦‍♂️

PacifiCali 🟦🟧🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸2

In a functioning country, Jon Ossoff should have no problem defeating this opponent In ours, it becomes a bit of a contest

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/...

72945d ago
cozybooksonly.bsky.social39

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

Jinx26

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.

pismoelizabeth.bsky.social22

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

Dookie Lazer18

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 Tifa12

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

Fiona11

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 Ohio9

Please, Georgia! Don't elect this guy!

shawnpb.bsky.social7

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 Mom7

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 🇺🇦💩🐸👑6

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

solo6

Stealing voting rights, property rights, speech rights etc That's what the GOP do

Sailor Twift 🇨🇦5

How do people keep voting for people that don't want those same people to vote?

Lu 💙3

Vote all republicans out of office! Do you want to keep letting them violate your constitution and rights??? Do you want a democratically elected republic??? Do you want the laws of this country to be followed or ignored???

🌮 Alacrity's Ghost3

of course he did. they've voted for Satan himself because he wasn't a Democrat, man.

*7.5 SPOILERS* DisappointedRamuh3

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

Kelly2

Apparently, this is what Republicans in Georgia want. He will still have to go up against our Democratic nominee.

Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com

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

65645d ago
Smack54 -stop calling it AI-93

I hope Ossoff kicks his ass.

Havenlore53

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

seekingjustice.bsky.social31

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

NotafanofFacism25

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

raveon56.bsky.social21

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

Prius Driving Liberal13

Time to ramp up on donations to Ossoff and others.

Andrew M_Founder 🇬🇷 🇺🇸13

He's literally human fucking garbage.

ydross.bsky.social13

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

D&P9

Just donated to Ossoff’s campaign.

Angry Gnat in TX9

Good. He will get his maga ass trounced.

Zorro Rozic7

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

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

NavyJim 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦🌮6

and Ossoff will toast him.

manuele.bsky.social6

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

Josephine Imperato5

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

heishalley.bsky.social5

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

Aurelius5

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

David4

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

cbum-in-co.bsky.social4

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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