Georgia GOP picks Collins and McCormick in Congress runoffs

In the 10th Congressional District east of Atlanta, Mike Collins (right) beat former Democrat Vernon Jones. In suburban Atlanta’s 6th District, Rich McCormick (left) beat Jake Evans. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Audio report by Rahul Bali.

Georgia Republicans chose their nominees in two heavily GOP districts in Tuesday runoffs.

In the 6th District in Atlanta’s northern suburbs, emergency room physician Rich McCormick held off Trump-backed lawyer Jake Evans. That race has revolved around accusations by each candidate that the other was insufficiently conservative.