Ossoff Wins Second Senate Term in Georgia, Defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won re-election in Georgia on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins in the midterm Senate race. NBC News and CBS News called the contest for Ossoff, and the Daily Mail reported that multiple networks projected it just before 8 p.m. ET, less than an hour after polls closed. Decision Desk HQ projected Ossoff with 70.3% of the vote to Collins' 29.6%, and he had received 1,203,464 votes by 8:07 p.m. EST. Georgia was won by President Donald Trump in 2024, and Collins was Trump-backed. The Hindu noted that the win does not give Democrats an added seat in the 100-member Senate. Ossoff, 39, has said he has "zero interest" in running for president, but his victory is expected to feed speculation about a 2028 bid. Collins' campaign was hurt by reports that people in his political and family circles had expressed white supremacist views. Ossoff was first elected in a January 2021 runoff, when Georgia sent two Democrats to the Senate for the first time since 2000.

The left-leaning Guardian US and The Atlantic lead with Ossoff himself: the Guardian calls him a rising Democratic star and potential 2028 contender, and The Atlantic's headline asks what explains his appeal, citing his charisma while noting 2028 is far off. Neither, in the excerpts, dwells on Trump or on Collins' controversies. The right-leaning Daily Mail frames the result as a humiliating blow to Trump, with words like "rout" and "crushing," and adds Collins' controversies, a possible blue wave, and Keisha Lance Bottoms' governor's race. The Daily Signal is far more restrained, reporting the result with Decision Desk HQ vote totals. Both sides agree on the outcome and the 2028 talk. Reason's alternative angle credits Ossoff's anti-corruption campaign against Trump and says voters disliked Trump more than they liked Democrats.