{"id":2706,"date":"2026-06-14T14:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:34:58","slug":"trump-endorses-rep-mike-collins-ahead-of-gop-senate-runoff-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2706","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins ahead of GOP Senate runoff in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia&#8217;s Republican Senate runoff days before the election.<\/li>\n<li>Collins led former football coach Derek Dooley by more than 10 points in last month&#8217;s primary election.<\/li>\n<li>The winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November in a race that could determine Senate control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump on Sunday waded into the Georgia Republican primary for Senate, endorsing Rep. Mike Collins just days before the congressman faces off against Derek Dooley in a runoff election.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2700\">Who stays home may threaten Republicans this year as much as who votes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cMike Collins is a true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR, who has been with us from the very beginning, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be your next United States Senator,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Dooley, a former football coach at the University of Tennessee, has the support of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who has had a complicated relationship with Trump over the years.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Collins led Dooley, a former football coach at the University of Tennessee, by more than 10 points in last month\u2019s primary election in the fight to face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November. The Georgia seat could be key in determining the balance of power in the Senate for the remainder of Trump\u2019s second term.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Republican Georgia Govenor Brian Kemp speaks during the Eggs &amp; Issues Breakfast sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 January 2026. The gathering of elected officials and business leaders is traditionally held at the beginning of the state legislative session. Eggs &amp; Issues Breakfast featuring Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and other elected officials and business leaders, Atlanta, USA - 14 Jan 2026\" class=\"wp-image-2704\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/27dbf3932cf62e95c0105a2ba702d5c1.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Republican Georgia Govenor Brian Kemp speaks during the Eggs &amp; Issues Breakfast sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 January 2026. The gathering of elected officials and business leaders is traditionally held at the beginning of the state legislative session. Eggs &amp; Issues Breakfast featuring Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and other elected officials and business leaders, Atlanta, USA &#8211; 14 Jan 2026<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Erik S Lesser\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Brian Kemp passed on a Georgia Senate run. Then he threw himself in the middle of the GOP primary<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>8  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The men have been vying for Trump\u2019s endorsement for months, with Collins in particular embracing the president\u2019s inner circle and joining them on the campaign trail. Collins has appeared alongside administration officials, like Vice President JD Vance, at events in Georgia over the past year.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Despite Dooley\u2019s efforts, however, he appeared not to have made inroads in his bid for the president\u2019s support ahead of Tuesday\u2019s runoff.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump overnight criticized his long history of not voting in presidential elections and appeared to reference a Washington Examiner report that Dooley privately acknowledged that Trump had lost the 2020 election.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2690\">He profits off raw milk that\u2019s making people sick. The government isn\u2019t stopping him.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI don\u2019t know Derek Dooley, and neither does anyone else, but he seems like a nice person,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social. \u201cUnfortunately, he has lived outside of Georgia for most of his life, didn\u2019t vote in 2020 or 2016, and said that I lost Georgia in 2020 when, in actuality, the facts have now proven that I won by a lot!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Republican US Senate candidate Derek Dooley speaks at a campaign stop at Farmview Market in Madison on May 8, 2026, as Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty look on.\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/abbce897b27005598d2d5b1de9c6ff55.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/abbce897b27005598d2d5b1de9c6ff55.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/abbce897b27005598d2d5b1de9c6ff55-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Republican US Senate candidate Derek Dooley speaks at a campaign stop at Farmview Market in Madison on May 8, 2026, as Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty look on.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Arvin Temkar\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The president\u2019s endorsement could be a boon for Collins\u2019 campaign, which has seen some controversy in recent weeks, including firing a top adviser who posted a disparaging tweet on the campaign account about the spouse of an adviser to a pro-Dooley PAC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Collins thanked Trump for the endorsement on Sunday morning and looked ahead to the general election.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cGeorgians deserve a U.S. Senator who will fight for them every day to deliver real results, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m going to do. It starts with firing Jon Ossoff in November,\u201d Collins wrote on X.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Following the endorsement of his rival, Dooley said that he has \u201cgreat respect\u201d for the president and looked forward to working with Trump in the Senate.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But, he argued in a post on X where he highlighted Kemp\u2019s support, \u201cGeorgians want a political outsider who can actually beat Jon Ossoff, and someone who is committed to ending the careerism, corruption, and inaction from typical D.C. politicians like Mike Collins.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2660\">On the brink: Black lawmakers could lose decades of gains in one year<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Sunday waded into the Georgia Republican primary for Senate, endorsing Rep. 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