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Donald Trump’s pick to face rising Democratic star Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s midterm election for senator later this year swept to victory last night.
The state’s Republican 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 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 in the
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