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Georgia Republican US Senate run-off United States President Donald Trump has made a late endorsement in a [Republican run-off](/news/2026/5/20/jones-jackson-move-to-republican-primary-run-off-in-georgia-governor-race) for a key US Senate race
Trump’s hand on an endorsement, putting the national political spotlight back on the Georgia Senate race
Trump’s support after last month’s initial primary. “The window is starting to close,” said Casey Cagle, a former Georgia lieutenant governor who is supporting Collins in the Senate race. “Candidates have to spend
Trump, endorsed college American football coach Derek Dooley, who has pitched himself as a more moderate alternative to Carter and Collins. Rounding out the race are former US Army General Jonathan McColumn and businessman John
endorsement or be able to make the case to voters that you're certainly a Trump-aligned candidate,” said Georgia Republican Party chair Josh McKoon, a loyal Trump ally. Candidates like Raffensperger
endorsements, the governor finds himself both at odds with an [increasingly influential](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/trump-republican-revenge-massie-raffensperger-00929129) president in the Senate race and aligned with him in the governor’s race — teeing up a complicated trial
Trump, who just hours earlier [sided against](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/14/trump-endorses-mike-collins-georgia-senate-00961554) the governor’s handpicked candidate in the Georgia Senate runoff. The endorsement could boost Jones as he faces off against Rick Jackson, who has poured
Georgia’s marquee Senate race, according to three people familiar with the meeting, granted anonymity to speak about the private discussions. The late May sit-down was dominated by the issue of abortion, the people
Georgia will choose candidates for races in the US Senate and the state’s gubernatorial contest, with the southern state closely watched as a notable battleground for control of the US Senate in November. Democratic
race at the beginning of this year. The primary tested the strength of Trump's endorsement and the MAGA base in Georgia. Trump lost Georgia by about 11,000 votes
Senate candidates have been jockeying for Trump’s blessing — an endorsement that could be pivotal in deciding the future of the race. All three candidates have engaged with the White House directly. In an interview
Trump who was on track to finish a distant third. The Republican race to challenge the US senator Jon Ossoff remains similarly unresolved, while former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic primary
Senate: The Trump-backed Rep. Barry Moore has a slight lead in public polling, while Attorney General Steve Marshall, who has been in office for nearly a decade, is holding his own. Meanwhile in Georgia
Trump conservative in the race. Jones, heir to a gas station and convenience store empire, has also loaned himself nearly $20 million, leading to the most expensive primary in Georgia's history. Republican candidates, worried
Trump's endorsement as a betrayal. She worries a Paxton nomination will force the party to take critical resources from other close Senate races. "We're going to have to pour so much more money
Trump-endorsed challenger, [Ed Gallrein](https://www.edgallrein.com/). Republican voters in [Kentucky](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kentucky) will also choose their candidate to replace Mitch McConnell, the former Senate GOP leader who is retiring. The frontrunners
Georgia’s 2020 election results but [struggled to gain traction](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/10/raffensperger-georgia-governor-race-trump-maga-00913151) among his party’s increasingly MAGA base. Raffensperger's defeat is another sign of Trump’s grip on the GOP, following
Trump also heavily swayed the state’s US Senate race by endorsing Andy Barr and offering a third “MAGA” candidate, Nate Morris, an ambassadorship just weeks before the election to encourage him to drop
endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP runoff for U.S. Senate, one week before voting ends in the contentious and expensive primary. "Ken Paxton has gone through
endorsed Jones last year, and Jones thanked him on Tuesday night. A victory for Jones would strengthen Trump’s influence in Georgia, a key battleground state where his record as a political kingmaker has been