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At a Senate Appropriations hearing on Iran, Sen. Jon Ossoff pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, repeatedly quoting his past claims that Iran’s military had been destroyed and combat-ineffective, as Sen. Gary Peters pressed for accountability and a clear strategy in the Iran war.
Georgia Republicans chose Mike Collins to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff in November after a hard-fought runoff against Derek Dooley, while Rick Jackson edged Burt Jones to face Democratic Gov. candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms. The runoffs featured aggressive campaigns, lawsuits over election and campaign-finance rules, and a last-minute endorsement of Jones by Gov. Kemp; turnout was light for runoffs but more than 300,000 ballots had already been cast.
Mike Collins won the Georgia GOP Senate runoff, advancing to a November showdown with Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Backed by former President Trump, Collins’ win keeps Georgia in play as a must-win battleground for control of the Senate, while Ossoff enters the general with a fundraising edge and a focus on Collins’ ethics probe and campaign spending.
President Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia’s GOP Senate runoff has sparked intra-party anxiety that Collins’ baggage and hardline abortion stance could cost Republicans the seat in a battleground state, even as Ossoff holds a fundraising edge; with Gov. Kemp backing Derek Dooley, the race underscores Georgia’s shift toward competitiveness and the need for the GOP to rebuild its base to win in November.
Keisha Lance Bottoms’ decisive 56% win in Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary has Democrats worried about her general-election viability and the race’s national implications. With Bottoms possibly carrying a flawed general-election image, the 2028 presidential prospects of Senators Ossoff and Warnock could be jeopardized if Democrats don’t hold Georgia’s governorship since a new governor would appoint a Senate replacement. The GOP field, led by Burt Jones in a runoff, could complicate a presidential year, and national leaders didn’t step in with an alternative candidate. Critics say the party slept on the race and underinvested in other statewide contests, signaling broader organizational challenges even as Kemp’s redistricting move could energize turnout.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp criticized President Biden's electric vehicle policy at the groundbreaking of Anovion Technologies, a company that received over $100 million to refine graphite for electric batteries from the infrastructure law Biden signed. Kemp claimed that Georgia's electric mobility boom is due to the state's investment-friendly environment, not federal government policies. Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, who was also present, argued that Georgia's investment boom wouldn't have happened without Democratic policies. The two could be rivals for the Senate seat in 2026.