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challenge rising Democratic star **Jon Ossoff** for the seat in November. In the Republican primary campaign for [Georgia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia) governor, Trump-backed **Burt Jones** was facing off against the healthcare billionaire and political
gubernatorial race is sucking up all the political — and advertising — oxygen. [Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/rick-jackson-georgia-governor-billionaire-00872242), who are locked in their own monstrously expensive primary, have spent a combined
Burt Jones to face Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms in November, after a bruising election campaign that led to libel litigation and federal challenges to Georgia election law. Ossoff, who has represented Georgia
primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins over former college football coach Derek Dooley to face Ossoff in November. They also selected billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson over Trump-backed lieutenant governor Burt Jones
Burt Jones, who has Trump’s endorsement. Democratic frontrunners include former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, [Geoff Duncan](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/geoff-duncan-ex-republican-georgia-democratic-primary-governor), a former Republican who served as lieutenant governor, state representative Derrick Jackson, former state
challenger Ed Gallrein secured the victory over Massie, who is the latest Republican lawmaker to lose his seat after angering the president. This became the most expensive House primary in history, with $33 million spent
Gubernatorial candidates Rick Jackson, left, and Burt Jones interact at the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Republican primary election debate in Atlanta, on April 27, 2026.](https://static.politico.com/ea/0e/101914364b20987451fbb8005e62/ap26117819010583-edit.jpg) Even if the secretary of state
challenger Ed Gallrein, in what was the most expensive House primary race in history. Massie had broken with Trump on the investigation into billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, the war in Iran, and US support
Burt Jones’ campaign, but it does not change the fundamentals for us.” The attorney general has a long-shot chance of advancing out of the primary, however, as [polls show him in a single-digit
challenger to the renegade Republican after Massie voted against the party’s signature tax-and-spending package last year, and Trump’s allies have now poured over $10 million into sinking the incumbent
Burt Jones [clinched a spot in the gubernatorial runoff](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/raffensperger-loses-georgia-governor-primary-00929036) on Tuesday alongside billionaire Rick Jackson, [who told supporters](https://x.com/kirk_bado/status/2056905391485669429) he’d govern like the president “with a southern tone
challenger for Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, whose 2020 victory came amid a liberal surge in a state long dominated by conservatives. Also topping the ticket will be the race to choose a Democratic gubernatorial candidate
challenge from Hudson, who owns a security and arms training company along with a nonprofit focused on human trafficking. Moore won 39 percent of the vote in the first round compared with 26 percent
gubernatorial contests are expected to be among the most competitive in November. In the wake of last month's Supreme Court decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act, there is also increased attention