Senate Pickup Watch

Georgia GOP Senate Runoff Tilts Toward Mike Collins

Monday, May 25, 2026 · 8 min

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Georgia Senate runoff polling puts Mike Collins five points ahead of Derek Dooley, while outside groups pour more than $1 million into Montana’s Democratic primary and Maine’s Susan Collins tests whether pork-and-independence branding still holds.

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Georgia Senate runoff polling puts Mike Collins five points ahead of Derek Dooley, while outside groups pour more than $1 million into Montana’s Democratic primary and Maine’s Susan Collins tests whether pork-and-independence branding still holds.

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