Mike Collins headed to a runoff in Georgia’s GOP Senate primary

Rep. Mike Collins is headed for a runoff after placing first, but failing to beat the 50% threshold in Georgia’s hotly contested Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.

Mr. Collins will face off against either Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter or college football coach Derek Dooley in a June 16 special election. The winner of the runoff will battle to defeat incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat who flipped the once-red seat in 2020.  

With less than 40% of the vote counted, Mr. Carter and Mr. Dooley were neck-and-neck for second place late Tuesday. Mr. Collins was leading with more than 41% of the vote.

Mr. Collins has been at the top of every poll and has been running his campaign like a general election candidate, attacking Mr. Ossoff and paying less attention to Mr. Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach or Mr. Carter.

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