Ossoff Wins Georgia Senate Race Over Collins
Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated U.S. Rep. Mike Collins in the 2026 Georgia U.S. Senate election by a landslide margin.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Elections
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Jon Ossoff won the Georgia U.S. Senate race over U.S. Rep. Mike Collins by a landslide. Ossoff improved on Kamala Harris's 2024 margins in all 159 Georgia counties and in nearly all 2,600 voting precincts.
Why it matters
The results show Ossoff gained ground across nearly every part of Georgia, including counties that Donald Trump carried in 2024. The breadth of the shift across the state is a key feature of the outcome for Georgia voters.
Ossoff won 12 counties that Donald Trump carried in 2024, including Fayette, Houston, Baldwin, and Peach counties. Whitfield County showed the largest swing toward Ossoff at 31 points, while Quitman County showed the smallest.
The players
Jon Ossoff
Ossoff is a Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia who won the 2026 Senate race over Collins.
Mike Collins
Collins is a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia who lost the 2026 Senate race to Ossoff.
The details
Results were reported by county and voting precinct across Georgia and compared against 2024 presidential results in each county. In Whitfield County, Trump won by 44 points in 2024, while Collins carried the county by 13 points. In Quitman County, Collins won by 9 points, compared with Trump's 15-point margin there in 2024.
Timeline
2024: Trump carries Whitfield County by 44 points in the presidential race.
November 4, 2026: Ossoff defeats Collins in the Senate election.
Season Trajectory
The results measure Ossoff's performance against Harris's 2024 margins, which serve as the benchmark for comparing county-level shifts in Georgia. Ossoff's wins in counties Trump carried in 2024 mark a departure from that earlier pattern.
The results reflect shifts in voter preferences across Georgia's counties, including several Trump-carried areas. Voters and local officials can use the county and precinct margins to track how the state's electorate has changed since 2024.
The takeaway
Ossoff's gains across nearly every Georgia county show that the 2024 results were not a fixed baseline for the state's voters. Watching county-level margins over time can reveal where those shifts are holding.
Further reading
For more on how the state's voters have shifted, see Elections coverage across Georgia.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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