Pro-Trump Rep. Mike Collins Jumps Into Georgia Senate Race To Unseat Leftist Jon Ossoff

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins announced Monday his entrance into the Georgia Senate race, vowing to “steamroll the radical Left” and deliver on President Trump’s America First agenda.

The second-term congressman is challenging Senator Jon Ossoff, who narrowly won his first term in 2020 shortly after the January 6 riots, edging out GOP incumbent Sen. David Perdue in a runoff election. Ossoff is seen by many in the GOP as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat incumbent in 2026, as Trump carried the state in 2024, according to Fox News.

“I don’t know who Jon Ossoff really works for, but it sure as heck isn’t Georgia,” Collins says in his campaign launch video posted on X. “Jon Ossoff does not represent Georgia’s values and has attacked our state’s best interests at every opportunity. He’s voted to raise taxes on Georgia families, supercharge inflation, open our Southern Border, and allow men to play women’s sports.”

I’m in. pic.twitter.com/Bxhm4e8jp2

— Mike Collins (@MikeCollinsGA) July 28, 2025

Collins, a prominent Georgia businessman elected to the House in 2022, is a close ally of President Trump and features audio of the president praising him in his launch video.

“Mike Collins. Mike, you were fantastic. He loves this state, and he took this very personally,” Trump says in the clip.

Collins highlights his work on the Laken Riley Act, legislation that strengthens detention capabilities for federal officials dealing with undocumented immigrants charged with crimes like theft and burglary. The legislation was named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered by an illegal immigrant while jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February 2024.

The bill, which Collins sponsored, was the first piece of legislation Trump signed into law during his second term.

Collins, whose family owns a trucking company, promises to “send a trucker to the U.S. Senate to steamroll the radical left, deliver on President Trump’s America First agenda, and put the people of Georgia back in the driver’s seat.”

Collins enters an increasingly competitive Republican primary. Rep. Buddy Carter has already announced his candidacy, with both candidates courting Trump’s endorsement, according to The Hill. Other candidates, such as former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, are also rumored to be considering a run.

Ossoff has been building a substantial war chest, reporting double-digit fundraising hauls over recent quarters, as he prepares for what will likely be one of the most closely watched Senate contests in 2026, alongside North Carolina, after former Governor Roy Cooper announced his run on Monday.