Nov 3, 2026 · runoff Dec 1 if no one tops 50%
Georgia - United States Senate
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Jon Ossoff
Democrat - Age: 39
U.S. senator since 2021, seeking a second term. Former investigative journalist from Atlanta.
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Mike Collins
Republican - Age: 59
U.S. congressman since 2023 and trucking-company owner from Jackson. Won the GOP runoff with Trump's endorsement.
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Who's ahead?
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Ratings: Cook Political Report (Sept 23), Sabato’s Crystal Ball (Aug 26), Decision Desk HQ (Aug 5). Source → Cook Sept 23 update →
Ossoff
48.2
Collins
44.4
Where they stand
Tap a topic — including today's big ones.
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COLLINS SAYS
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Money & campaign finance
Where each candidate stands on campaign-finance questions.
OSSOFF
COLLINS
Yes
Ban Congress from trading stocks
Yes
No
Takes corporate PAC money
Unknown
Sources: Ossoff stock-trading bill (Sen. Kelly) · Ossoff: no corporate PACs · Collins endorsed a stock ban
Fundraising
RAISEDCASH ON HANDUNDER-$200 DONORS
Jon Ossoff
$77.3M$42.6M51% of receipts
Mike Collins
$7.4M$2.1M28% of receipts
Campaign committee totals for the 2025–26 cycle, through June 30, 2026. Under-$200 share is unitemized individual contributions divided by total receipts. FEC filings →
Their big promises
OSSOFF'S TOP 3
Lower health-care costs
Restore the ACA subsidies whose expiry dropped 350,000 Georgians from coverage; keep the $35 insulin cap and Medicare drug negotiation.
Take on corruption
Ban senators from trading stocks and overturn Citizens United to limit anonymous money in politics.
Deliver for Georgia
Keep steering federal money to Georgia farms, infrastructure, and veterans from his Appropriations seat.
COLLINS'S TOP 3
Back Trump's America First agenda
Support the administration's deportation program and border enforcement; he authored the Laken Riley Act.
Cut costs by cutting red tape
Reduce regulations on builders to lower housing costs, and ban corporations from bulk-buying homes.
A trucker's work ethic in Washington
Runs as an outsider businessman; backs term limits, school choice, and lower taxes and spending.
Agree or differ?
Universal background checks for gun sales
Ossoff: supports, plus red-flag laws · Collins: opposes new firearm restrictions
Federal clean-energy investment
Ossoff: expand solar manufacturing and tax credits · Collins: opposes emissions mandates, would ease environmental reviews
Tougher penalties for human smuggling and trafficking
Both back stronger enforcement at the border
Was the 2020 election legitimate?
Ossoff: yes · Collins: has echoed claims that Georgia's result was rigged
Federal support for Georgia farmers
Ossoff: farm disaster tax relief, crop research funding · Collins: protect farmers from environmental lawsuits
Their stories
JON OSSOFF
1987Born in Atlanta; studied at Georgetown and the London School of Economics.
2013Ran an investigative journalism company exposing corruption and war crimes.
2021Beat Sen. David Perdue in a runoff to become the Senate's youngest member.
2025Ten of his bills became law, including the Federal Prison Oversight Act.
2026Seeks a second term as the only Democratic senator on the ballot in a Trump-won state.
MIKE COLLINS
1967Born in Jackson, Georgia; son of former congressman Mac Collins.
1992Founded Collins Trucking at 25 with one semi-truck; grew it to a 115-truck fleet.
2022Elected to the U.S. House from Georgia's 10th district.
2025His Laken Riley Act — requiring detention of migrants charged with theft — signed into law.
2026Won the GOP runoff over Derek Dooley 55.5% after a late Trump endorsement.
The backstory
Positions summarized from campaign websites, voting records, and news reports · July 2026
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