Georgia Rep. Mike Collins on Monday entered the state’s 2026 GOP primary to challenge incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff for his seat.
Collins joins fellow Rep. Buddy Carter in the primary, and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley is also expected to run, The Associated Press reported.
“I don’t know who Jon Ossoff really works for, but it sure as heck isn’t Georgia,” Collins said in a Youtube video announcing his bid.“It’s time to send a trucker to the U.S. Senate, to steamroll the radical left, deliver on President Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda, and put the people of Georgia back in the driver’s seat.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced in May that he wouldn’t run for Senate, but he and President Trump have met and said they would try to agree on a preferred candidate. Last week, Kemp told Collins and others that he would endorse Dooley, but Trump isn’t ready to support anyone yet.
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