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Collins, Dooley Each Raise Nearly $2 Million in Q3 as Georgia GOP Senate Primary Takes Shape

Early third‑quarter totals highlight Ossoff’s larger war chest.

FILE - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley speaks ahead of Vice President JD Vance during a visit to ALTA Refrigeration Inc., Aug. 21, 2025, in Peachtree City, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
FILE - U.S. Rep. Mike Collins speaks at a Senate campaign event on Aug. 19, 2025, in Jackson, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
FILE - Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on the tax code, and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Sept. 24, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during an interview at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Overview

  • Rep. Mike Collins reported $1.9 million in direct Q3 contributions, plus just over $1 million transferred from his House account, for roughly $2.9 million in receipts and about $2.4 million cash on hand.
  • Derek Dooley said he raised just over $1.85 million in his first 58 days and finished the quarter with about $1.7 million in cash, with contributions cited as the sole source.
  • Collins’s campaign highlighted roughly 40,000 small-dollar donations with an average gift of $47.31 and contributions from all 159 Georgia counties as evidence of broad grassroots support.
  • Sen. Jon Ossoff has not released Q3 figures but enters the period with a substantially larger cash reserve based on prior filings.
  • The Republican contest is being cast as a proxy fight between Gov. Brian Kemp’s donor network backing Dooley and pro‑Trump grassroots support fueling Collins, with Buddy Carter yet to post Q3 numbers after earlier raising $1.1 million and loaning his campaign $2 million.