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上月竞争激烈的初选中无人得票率超过50%，柯林斯击败前橄榄球教练德里克·杜利晋级
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佐治亚州杰克逊——以“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）拥护者身份参选、坚定支持唐纳德·特朗普总统的共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯，赢得了佐治亚州共和党参议院提名的激烈且充满火药味的鏖战，选举最终进入加时决选。
获得特朗普背书的柯林斯于周二在共和党参议院决选中击败前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利，将在11月的选举中对阵民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，这场角逐是为数不多可能决定共和党能否在今年秋季中期选举中保住参议院微弱多数席位的关键竞选之一。
共和党人将奥索夫视为寻求连任的民主党参议员中最脆弱的一位，正大力瞄准这位首任参议员展开攻势。
“是时候展开工作，击败乔恩·奥索夫，为该州民众夺回这个席位了，”柯林斯在胜选演讲中说道。
柯林斯是佐治亚州第10国会选区的两任联邦众议员，该选区位于亚特兰大和奥古斯塔之间。他是已故众议员麦克·柯林斯的儿子，与妻子共同创立并拥有一家货运公司。
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佐治亚州共和党联邦参议员候选人迈克·柯林斯于2026年5月19日在佐治亚州杰克逊的初选之夜活动上向支持者发表讲话。（杰森·艾伦/盖蒂图片社）
他与律师、前田纳西大学橄榄球教练、传奇佐治亚大学橄榄球队总教练文斯·杜利之子德里克·杜利，上月在包括众议员巴迪·卡特在内的众多候选人中分列前两位。但由于初选中无人得票率超过50%，柯林斯与杜利晋级周二的决选。
尽管柯林斯大肆展示自己的MAGA资历和对总统的支持，特朗普在佐治亚州参议院初选和决选期间一直保持中立，直到周六晚间才出手背书。
“能获得他的背书是一种荣幸，这恰恰证明他相信我们知道如何赢得这场竞选，我们在这场竞选中处于领先地位，”柯林斯在获得特朗普背书数小时后，于周日告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
当被问及特朗普在佐治亚州的背书是否为时已晚、无法发挥作用时，柯林斯表示：“我不认为特朗普总统的任何行动都为时过晚。他拥有一种无可挑剔的能力，总能在恰当的时机为自己支持的事情按下关键助力键。”
佐治亚州共和党联邦参议员候选人迈克·柯林斯于2026年6月14日在佐治亚州伍德斯托克的竞选活动上向支持者发表讲话。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
与此同时，杜利得到了终身好友、即将卸任的受欢迎的保守派州长布莱恩·坎普的强力支持。坎普与妻子、佐治亚州第一夫人玛蒂·坎普多次与杜利一同出席竞选活动，州长的首席政治顾问还担任了杜利参议院竞选的高级顾问。
以局外人身份参选的杜利在决选前夜接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，总统对其对手的背书“不会改变我的立场”。
佐治亚州居民参与初选投票 从左至右：佐治亚州美国参议院共和党候选人德里克·杜利、其妻子艾莉森·杰弗斯·杜利、佐治亚州第一夫人玛蒂·坎普以及佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普，于2026年5月19日在佐治亚州亚特兰大的Park Bench Battery举办的选举之夜活动上。（本·亨登/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“能获得坎普州长的背书，我深感荣幸。当然，如果能获得总统的背书，我也会倍感荣幸。但我为之奋斗的最重要背书，是佐治亚州民众的支持，”他强调道。
杜利着重塑造自己的局外人形象，并指责柯林斯是政治圈内人。
杜利告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，选民“已经厌倦了国会的现状。他们厌倦了官僚主义、腐败和无所作为。现在是时候派一位不同类型的领导人前往华盛顿，改变那里墨守成规的运作方式了。”
柯林斯则批评杜利缺乏政治经验，且成年时期大多在佐治亚州之外生活。
“没有执政记录无法赢得这场竞选。但拥有政绩记录才能，”柯林斯在决选前夜向支持者说道。
两位候选人都存在政治污点。
众议院道德委员会曾就相关指控对柯林斯展开调查，指控他向一名与其国会办公厅主任存在恋爱关系的实习生发薪，但该实习生实际上并未从事任何工作。柯林斯否认存在任何不当行为，并将这名实习生留用在自己的参议院竞选团队中。
但这名实习生后来被柯林斯解雇，原因是她在社交媒体上代表竞选团队嘲讽了一名杜利竞选顾问的妻子，该女子曾因指控马特·劳尔强奸而自杀。该社交媒体帖子随后被删除，柯林斯公开道歉，称这条推文“令人不齿且未经授权”。
过去一周，杜利被指控参与涉及弟弟丹尼尔·杜利与州长的“权钱交易”丑闻。杜利与坎普均否认存在任何不当行为，但州议会中的民主党人要求展开独立调查。
佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫正在2026年中期选举中寻求连任。（亚伦·施瓦茨/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
在过去一年共和党人争夺党内提名之际，奥索夫已筹集到巨额竞选资金，为大选阶段的 fundraising 奠定了显著优势。
当被福克斯数字频道问及能否在大选中团结共和党选民时，柯林斯表示：“我知道如何赢得这场竞选。我期待获得州长的背书，期待获得他的帮助，期待获得德里克·杜利的帮助。”
柯林斯强调：“归根结底，我们都是共和党人，我们肩负着同一个使命，那就是让共和党人占据这个席位，选出能够代表……佐治亚州的人。”
而在胜选演讲中，柯林斯表示杜利和坎普已表态支持他。
展望大选，柯林斯直指奥索夫并预测：“他将收到来自纽约和加州捐赠者的数百万美元捐款。政治建制派、主流媒体和全球精英都将不遗余力地帮助他连任。”
但他誓言“我们绝不会在付出的努力上落后”。
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支持民主党参议院候选人、与民主党参议院领袖查克·舒默长期结盟的顶级超级政治行动委员会，在柯林斯获得提名后迅速将矛头对准了他。
“迈克·柯林斯是反对研究人员的完美目标。他将国会视为为家族企业牟利的工具，一个毫无道德操守的地带，也是阴谋论的集散地——有时甚至一周内就能集齐这三项。这个靠关系上位的败选候选人根本不具备击败乔恩·奥索夫的能力，”参议院多数党政治行动委员会发言人劳伦·弗莱什说道。
几分钟后，奥索夫也将矛头对准了这位大选对手。
“特朗普亲手挑选的候选人迈克·柯林斯是臭名昭著的偏执狂、反犹主义者和极端分子，目前正因非法滥用税款接受联邦调查。柯林斯能当上议员全靠他父亲曾是议员，他曾投票让超过100万佐治亚人的医疗保险保费翻倍，支持对伊朗开战，还支持特朗普的关税政策，”奥索夫指责道。
舒默和民主党参议院竞选委员会（DSCC）主席、参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德聚焦柯林斯的“丑闻和有害议程”，DSCC随即发布数字广告，指责这位共和党参议院提名人“过于极端”。
共和党人随即展开反击。
全国共和党参议员委员会主席蒂姆·斯科特参议员预测：“乔恩·奥索夫的政治野心将于今年11月彻底终结。佐治亚州民众已经受够了他的开放边境、高税收和左翼党派偏见政策。佐治亚州正团结在迈克·柯林斯身后，因为他为‘桃子之州’的未来而战。”
而实力雄厚的增长俱乐部政治行动委员会主席戴维·麦金托什称赞柯林斯是一名“保守派斗士”，并声称“奥索夫自当选以来，一直是历届失败自由派政策的橡皮图章”。
过去六周，特朗普背书的威力在共和党初选中尽显无疑，他支持的候选人在印第安纳州、路易斯安那州、肯塔基州和德克萨斯州的对决中击败了他瞄准的在任议员，引发了全国广泛关注。
但特朗普在全州和国会共和党初选中的连胜纪录于两周前被打破，他在爱荷华州接替即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹的竞选活动最后时刻背书的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉，未能帮助这位三届众议员赢得选举。
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了扎克·拉恩，这位商人、农场主兼前政治策略师得到了与特朗普时期卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪结盟的“让美国再次健康”（MAHA）运动政治派系，以及由已故查理·柯克联合创立的保守派强大组织“转折点美国”的支持。
扎克·拉恩于2026年6月2日在爱荷华州共和党州长初选中击败对手后举拳庆祝。（扎克·拉恩竞选州长团队 via 脸书）
上周特朗普重拾胜势，他在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长初选中背书的候选人、副州长帕梅拉·埃维特在众多候选人中脱颖而出，锁定了该党提名角逐的两张门票之一。
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与此同时，特朗普的长期盟友林赛·格雷厄姆参议员在共和党参议院初选中获得多数选票，避免了决选。
获得特朗普背书的格雷厄姆面临包括保守派商人马克·林奇在内的五名候选人的挑战，林奇因格雷厄姆对伊朗战争的支持而对其发起攻击。林奇得到了一些批评总统的MAGA领导人的支持。
保罗·施泰因豪泽是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，全程追踪各地竞选活动。
Trump-backed candidate survives grueling runoff, advances to high-stakes Senate race
June 16, 2026 8:39pm EDT / Fox News
Collins beat former football coach Derek Dooley after no candidate topped 50% in last month’s crowded primary
By Paul Steinhauser, Matthew Donnell Fox News
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JACKSON, GA – Republican Rep. Mike Collins, who is running as a MAGA champion and strong supporter of President Donald Trump, has won a competitive and combustible battle for the GOP Senate nomination in Georgia that went into overtime.
The Trump-backed Collins on Tuesday defeated former college football coach Derek Dooley in the Republican runoff election and will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November’s election in a race that’s among a handful that will likely decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber in this autumn’s midterm elections.
Republicans view Ossoff as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat seeking re-election and are heavily targeting the first-term senator.
“It’s time to get to work, defeat Jon Ossoff, and take this seat back for the people of this state,” Collins said in his victory speech.
Collins, a two-term federal lawmaker who represents Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, which is located between Atlanta and Augusta, is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins, and is the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, of a trucking company.
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia speaks to supporters at a primary night event on May 19, 2026 in Jackson, Georgia.(Jason Allen/Getty Images)
He and Dooley, a lawyer, a former University of Tennessee football coach and the son of legendary University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley, were the top two finishers in a crowded field of candidates that also included Rep. Buddy Carter. But since no one topped 50% in last month’s primary, Collins and Dooley advanced to Tuesday’s runoff election.
While Collins showcased his MAGA credentials and support for the president, Trump remained neutral in the Georgia primaryand runoff elections for Senate until Saturday night.
“It’s an honor to have that endorsement. It just shows that he has confidence that we know how to win this race, we know we’re in the lead in this thing,” Collins told Fox News Digital on Sunday, hours after landing Trump’s endorsement.
Asked if Trump’s endorsement in Georgia came too late to make a difference, Collins said, “I don’t think President Trump ever is too late. He has this impeccable ability of putting his thumb right on the scale at the right time with whatever he wants to do.”
Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event, on June 14, 2026 in Woodstock, Georgia(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Dooley, meanwhile, was strongly backed by lifelong friend and popular conservative Gov. Brian Kemp, who is term-limited. Kemp and his wife, Georgia first lady Marty Kemp, regularly appeared with Dooley on the campaign trail and the governor’s top political advisor was a senior consultant for Dooley’s Senate bid.
Dooley, who ran as an outsider, said in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff that the president’s backing of his rival “doesn’t change how I feel.”
Georgia Residents Vote In Primary Election Derek Dooley, Republican US Senate candidate for Georgia, from left, his wife Allison Jeffers Dooley, Marty Kemp, Georgia’s first lady, and Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, during an election night event at Park Bench Battery in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.(Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I’m honored to have Governor Kemp’s endorsement. I certainly would have been honored to have the President’s endorsement. But the most important endorsement that I’m fighting for is the people of Georgia,” he emphasized.
Dooley emphasized his outsider image and he targeted Collins as a political insider.
Dooley told Fox News Digital voters “are fed up with what’s going on in Congress. They’re fed up with the careerism, the corruption, the inaction. And it’s time we get sent a different kind of leader up there to change business as usual in D.C.”
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Collins criticized Dooley for a lack of political experience and for living outside of Georgia for much of his adult life.
“Not having a record is not gonna win this thing. But having a records of results will,” Collins told supporters on the eve of the runoff.
Both candidates had some political baggage.
The House Ethics Committee looked into Collins over allegations he paid an intern in a district office who had a romantic relationship with his congressional chief of staff but who did not actually perform any work. Collins denied any wrongdoing and kept the staffer on his Senate campaign.
But the staffer was later fired by Collins after taking to social media on behalf of the campaign to mock the wife of a Dooley campaign advisor who attempted suicide after accusing Matt Lauer of rape. The social media post was deleted and Collins apologized, calling the tweet “despicable and unauthorized.”
Dooley, over the past week, was reportedly accused of being part of a “pay-to-play” scandal involving brother Daniel Dooley and the governor. Dooley and Kemp have denied any wrongdoing, but Democrats in the legislature requested an independent investigation.
Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, is running for re-election in the 2026 midterms.(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
While the Republicans have been battling for their party’s nomination over the past year, Ossoff has built a powerful war chest that will give him a major fundraising advantage as the general election gets underway.
“I know how to win this race. I look forward to getting the governor’s endorsement. I look forward to getting his help in this thing. I look forward to getting Derrick Dooley’s help in this thing,” Collins said when asked by Fox Digital if he could unite Republican voters in the general election.
Collins emphasized that “at the end of the day, we’re all Republicans, and we’re on one mission, and that is to put a Republican in that seat and get somebody that represents…the state of Georgia.”
And in his victory speech, Collins said that Dooley and Kemp were on board in supporting him.
Looking ahead to the general election, Collins pointed to Ossoff and predicted that “he’s going to have millions and millions of dollars pouring in here from his New York and California donors. The political establishment, the mainstream media and the global elites. They’re going to be working overtime to get him reelected.:
But he vowed “we won’t be outworked.”
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But the top super PAC supporting Democratic Senate candidates and aligned with longtime Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer quickly took aim at Collins following his nomination victory.
“Mike Collins is an opposition researcher’s dream. He treats Congress like a money-making scheme for his family business, an ethics-free zone, and a conspiracy theory clearinghouse – sometimes all in the same week. This unelectable nepo baby doesn’t have what it takes to beat Jon Ossoff,” Senate Majority PAC spokesperson Lauren French argued.
Minutes later, Ossoff also targeted his general election challenger.
“Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate Mike Collins is a notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist currently under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. Collins, who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, voted to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, for the Iran War, and for the Trump tariffs,” Ossoff charged.
Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spotlighted Collins’ “scandals and harmful agenda” and the DSCC quickly fired off a digital ad accusing the GOP Senate nominee of being “too extreme.”
Republicans returned fire.
National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Sen. Tim Scott predicted that “Jon Ossoff’s political ambitions will come to a screeching halt this November. Georgians are done with his agenda of open borders, higher taxes, and left-wing partisanship. Georgia is now uniting behind Mike Collins, because he fights for the future of the Peach State.”
And David McIntosh, president of the politically potent Club for Growth PAC, praised Collins as a “conservative fighter” and claimed that “Ossoff has been a rubber stamp for every failed liberal policy enacted since being elected.”
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past six weeks, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped two weeks ago when his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.(Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
Trump rebounded last week, as the candidate he endorsed in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination.
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Meanwhile, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.
Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.