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Georgia runoff: Republican voters choose Trump-backed conservative to face Jon Ossoff
Representative Mike Collins defeats former college football coach Derek Dooley, while Rick Jackson selected as governor pick Georgia’s Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins over former college football coach Derek Dooley to lead the party’s bid to challenge US senator and rising Democratic star Jon Ossoff in November’s midterm elections. They also selected billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson over Trump-backed lieutenant governor Burt Jones to face Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms in November, after a bruising election campaign that led to libel litigation and federal challenges to Georgia election law. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Georgia runoff: Republican voters choose Trump-backed conservative to face Jon Ossoff, Representative Mike Collins defeats former college football coach Derek Dooley, while Rick Jackson selected as governor pick Georgia’s Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins over former college football coach Derek Dooley to lead the party’s bid to challenge US senator and rising Democratic star Jon Ossoff in November’s midterm elections. They also selected billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson over Trump-backed lieutenant governor Burt Jones to face Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms in November, after a bruising election campaign that led to libel litigation and federal challenges to Georgia election law. Continue reading…
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- Georgia runoff: Republican voters choose Trump-backed conservative to face Jon OssoffThe Guardian - 2026-06-17T01:49:22+00:00
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