Overview
- Gov. Brian Kemp formally endorsed Rep. Mike Collins on Monday, Sept. 14, aligning with President Trump’s earlier backing and signaling a closing of some intra‑GOP divisions.
- Polling and campaign finance reports show Sen. Jon Ossoff with a persistent multi‑point lead and a large cash advantage that forecasters say leaves the contest leaning Democratic.
- Collins has intensified attacks on Ossoff’s record, accusing him of backing the Laken Riley Act only after its passage was assured; the bill would require detention of certain immigrants accused of theft and let states sue over some federal immigration decisions.
- Collins’s campaign remains vulnerable to controversies and an ethics review after people tied to him posted white‑supremacist and antisemitic imagery, which Collins has publicly denounced while saying they are not part of his campaign.
- The endorsement and intensified messaging could shape Republican turnout and down‑ballot races as early voting opens on Oct. 13 and Election Day approaches on Nov. 3.