Takeaways from the Georgia primary runoff election debates

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins faced former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley in an Atlanta Press Club debate. (Courtesy of Atlanta Press Club)

Georgia’s primary runoff election is fast approaching, and the candidates faced off in several debates this week to make their cases.

The Atlanta Press Club hosted the Loudermilk-Young Debate Series on Sunday and Monday. It featured candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, Georgia Public Service Commission and more.

These candidates advanced to a runoff after nobody received more than 50% of the vote in last month’s election.