Jon Ossoff Seems a Bit Rattled As Mike Collins Comes Out Swinging in Georgia Senate Race

As RedState reported, Republican Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) defeated his GOP primary opponent, Derek Dooley, in the Georgia Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, with the latest numbers showing Collins with 56 percent of the vote to Dooley's 44 percent.

Now, it's on to the general election campaign season, where the Trump-backed Collins will face off against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in what will be one of the most closely watched races in the country in the battle for Senate control. Republicans, of course, are looking to flip the seat back to red, while Democrats will pull out all the stops (and then some?) to try to keep it in the blue column.

Ossoff has come right out of the gate with a bitterly nasty attack on Collins, falsely labeling him as an "extremist" and "antisemite" who he claims is only in Congress because his late father, Mac, was also once a congressman.

As others observed, however, Ossoff - who some critics have called a "trust fund socialist" - maybe shouldn't have gone there on family connections and influence:

Jon Ossoff was born to extremely wealthy parents. He went to private schools his whole life and the two jobs he had before becoming a Senator included a congressional aide and running a film company that he started with a large inheritance that he received from his grandfather.… https://t.co/lT7yLw8NfK
— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) June 17, 2026

It's not something Ossoff really even denies, though he tried to spin it as a positive during his 2020 senatorial campaign, telling the Washington Post that "I openly acknowledge that the opportunity I’ve had is a function of my parents’ hard work . . . the opportunity to get a great education without debt, the opportunity to do what I love and pursue my passion, which is confronting and exposing injustice and the abuse of power."

Right.

Further complicating Ossoff's attack on Collins as being an "antisemite" is that Ossoff, who is Jewish, has refused to weigh in on Senate races in other states where the leading Democrat candidates/nominees have an actual antisemitism problem, like Graham Platner in Maine and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. One would think that Ossoff's first order of business would be to ensure his own party isn't overrun by radical anti-Israel, pro-Hamas types, but he appears to be turning a blind eye to it. Weird.

Making the baseless "bigot/antisemite" attack on Collins even more complicated for Ossoff is how a big funder of his campaigns for Senate has been the disgraced and discredited Southern Poverty Law Center:

Ossoff is endorsed by + receiving $ from an org currently being investigated for allegedly creating the crime they fundraise to destroy, sowing division - $185k worth. It's hard to give any weight at all to purchased words, Jon. #MikeCollinsforSenate @MikeCollinsGA https://t.co/S6uz9o41MC pic.twitter.com/RFFYuPUJi9
— Alexis Wilkins (@AlexisWilkins) June 17, 2026

So what does Ossoff's line of argument teach us? Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who represented what was then Georgia's sixth congressional district during his 20 years in the House of Representatives, had a good breakdown of it on X:

First, for all the money he has raised from California and other radical Democrats Ossoff is afraid of Collins. Second, that Ossoff knows he cannot win a campaign on the issues and so his only hope is to make vicious, dishonest personal attacks on Mike Collins. Third, that Ossoff will wage an endlessly negative campaign trying to smear Collins out of the race. Let me give a couple examples of how anti-Georgia and how vulnerable Ossoff’s record is. According to America’s New Majority Project (available at its website) 75%, three out of every four, want to limit women’s athletics to people born as females. Ossoff voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. 81% favor having only US citizens vote. Ossoff opposes the Save Act.
88% believe every American should have the right to choose the kind of vehicle they wanted. Ossoff voted against repealing the extremely restrictive California electric vehicle mandate. Some 82% believe parents have a right to see the school curriculum for their children. Ossoff opposes these policies.73% favor expanding domestic oil and gas production to bring down the cost of fuel. Ossoff favors phasing our fossil fuels. Finally, 79% favor middle class tax relief but Ossoff voted against every tax cut and in favor of a giant tax increase in 2025. With a radical anti-Geiorgia record like this you can understand why Ossoff is turning to viscous dishonest personal attacks to smear Mike Collins instead of debating the issues.

As for Collins, he has also come out swinging against Ossoff, reminding Georgia voters that he led the fight for the Laken Riley Act, and that Ossoff initially opposed it before flip-flopping later because he was getting closer to running for reelection:

When a young Georgia girl was murdered by the open border policies that Jon Ossoff forced on our country, he pretended that she and her family didn't exist.
But Mike Collins went to work, wrote the bill that bears her name, went door-to-door in the Senate until it had the votes to pass, and it became the first bill President Trump signed into law.
In just one year, over 20,000 criminal illegal aliens have been removed from our streets under the law— ensuring that no family will have to endure the horror that Laken's family went through.
We will never forget you, Laken, and we will make sure that Jon Ossoff never forgets you either.

When a young Georgia girl was murdered by the open border policies that Jon Ossoff forced on our country, he pretended that she and her family didn't exist.

But Mike Collins went to work, wrote the bill that bears her name, went door-to-door in the Senate until it had the… pic.twitter.com/TsjQYr1bJO
— Mike Collins War Room (@TeamOverhaulGA) June 18, 2026

Recent general election matchup polling is scarce, but we'll find out soon enough where Georgia voters stand, and if they've finally had enough of Ossoff, who hasn't passed a single bill in his entire time in the Senate and who seems to prefer preening for the cameras more than working on behalf of Peach State residents.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

Help RedState continue to report on the Democrats’ radicalism and inform voters as our nation faces a crossroads. Join RedState VIP and use promo code FIGHT to receive 60% off your membership.