JON OSSOFF WINS RE-ELECTION TO US SENATE, DEFEATS MIKE COLLINS

Jon Ossoff has won re-election to the US Senate in Georgia, defeating Republican representative Mike Collins in the 2026 US midterm elections. The win secures Ossoff, described as the Senate's youngest member, a second term in a seat Democrats regard as central to limiting Donald Trump's influence in his final years in office. Speaking to supporters at the Atlanta Hyatt, Ossoff said Georgia had "rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence" of the Trump administration. He has been named as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, though he says he has "zero interest" in running.

Ossoff built his campaign into a referendum on the Trump administration, citing stock trades and business dealings by the president, and the financial impact on Georgia voters of the war in Iran and Trump's trade policies. He told supporters their task was "not just to contain one president's wickedness, but to heal the brokenness beneath," calling the result "an opening not for restoration, but for reformation." He added that "the underlying crisis gripping our republic remains" and that the party's "most vital work lies ahead." Ossoff also invoked the legacy of the late civil rights leader and Democratic congressman John Lewis.

Collins, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, challenged Ossoff for the seat. Ossoff said volunteers campaigned because they were troubled by hardship facing other Americans, including a child watching immigration officers take away her mother. He called for pharmaceutical, insurance and technology firms to be "brought to heel," and criticised billionaires for building bunkers amid the rise of artificial intelligence. The contest formed part of the wider 2026 US midterm elections, in which Democrats also gained a Senate seat in North Carolina.