Two last-minute endorsements from President Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp over the weekend shook up Tuesday’s primary runoff elections for the top two seats on the Georgia ballot.
It started at 1 a.m. Sunday with Trump posting his endorsement of Congressman Mike Collins in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate to face incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff from Georgia. Collins posted on social media Sunday afternoon just before a rally in Woodstock.
“President, thank you so much for your endorsement. You don’t know what that means to me. I appreciate you putting confidence in me to make sure that we put someone in that U.S. Senate seat that represents not just the state of Georgia, but the people and our values,” he said.
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