Trump endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate runoff

quote:

---

President Donald Trump endorsed close ally Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary early Sunday morning, igniting a high-profile clash with Gov. Brian Kemp in the final days before Tuesday’s runoff.

In a Truth Social post, he said Collins has “been with me from the very beginning” and called him a “WARRIOR and WINNER!” He also took a shot at former football coach Derek Dooley, Collins’ rival in the runoff, quipping that “I don’t know Derek Dooley, and neither does anyone else, but he seems like a nice person.”

---

quote:

---

Collins, now armed with Trump’s backing, will have to beat Dooley, a political outsider who was recruited to run by Kemp. That sets up something of a proxy war between two major Republican figures, with Trump’s authority pitted against Kemp’s power in the critical battleground state.

The post comes just before the final day of voting in Georgia — and after the state’s early voting period has already ended — giving Collins only a small window to broadcast the president’s support, raising questions about how powerful the endorsement will be.

---