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MIDTERMS 2026 - SENATE

Georgia

LIKELY D D-held

Election day is Tuesday, November 3 - 7 days away.

DEMOCRAT - INCUMBENT

Jon Ossoff

First-term U.S. senator since 2021 and ranking Democrat on a Senate veterans' affairs subcommittee. source

REPUBLICAN

Mike Collins

U.S. House member from Georgia's 10th District and primary sponsor of the 2025 Laken Riley Act. source

Where they differ

Only issues they disagree on. Each position is something the candidate said, voted for or published, linked to where.

2025 tax law and Medicaid

OSSOFF

Opposed the law; says its tax cuts mainly help the wealthy and are outweighed by about $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts. source

COLLINS

Voted for the 2025 tax-and-spending law and calls opposition to it a vote for higher taxes. source

Affordable Care Act

OSSOFF

Supports the ACA and has tried to restore its enhanced premium tax credits. source

COLLINS

Blames the ACA for rising costs and wants it repealed; favors price transparency and larger health savings accounts. source

Iran war

OSSOFF

Opposes it as a "regime change war-of-choice" launched without congressional authorization. source

COLLINS

Backs Trump's decision: "The president had every right to go in there" to stop an Iranian nuclear weapon. source

Abortion

OSSOFF

Supports "the standard of privacy that was established in Roe v. Wade" and opposes Georgia's 2019 law. source

COLLINS

Supports Georgia's six-week ban with exceptions for rape, incest and the mother's life; opposes federal abortion funding. source

Immigration enforcement

OSSOFF

Supports deporting people here illegally who commit crimes, but criticizes Trump's raids and detention conditions. source

COLLINS

Backs Trump's mass deportation campaign and authored the Laken Riley Act. source

Elections and voting

OSSOFF

Reintroduced the Right to Vote Act and rejects claims the 2020 election was stolen. source

COLLINS

Has said Trump won Georgia in 2020; cosponsored the SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship to register. source

Arms to Israel

OSSOFF

Voted several times to halt specific arms transfers to Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. source

COLLINS

Has repeatedly voted to fund Israeli missile defense and arms transfers; says Ossoff betrayed an ally. source

The money

Each campaign's own filings with the Federal Election Commission, for the whole 2026 cycle. Reports are filed on different days, so check the date under each name.

RAISED

Ossoff $137M

Collins $10.7M

SPENT

Ossoff $126M

Collins $10.2M

CASH LEFT

Ossoff $15.1M

Collins $1.1M

Ossoff: through 2026-10-14; Collins: through 2026-10-14. Source: FEC, read 2026-10-23.

Outside groups

Money super PACs, parties and other groups reported spending on their own to help or hurt each candidate.

Jon Ossoff

to help $6.2M

to hurt $1.1M

Mike Collins

to help $507K

to hurt $853K

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC for the 2026 cycle, primary included. Groups that do not have to report (some issue ads) are not counted.

Latest polling

AJC/UGA SPIA (Oct 7-15, 2026, 1,000 likely voters, +/-3.1): Ossoff about 48%, Collins 40%, about 12% undecided. source

Georgia right now

How the state is doing going into the vote, from the people who count it.

JOBLESS RATE

3.3%

US: 4.2%

September 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary. Source: BLS

GAS, REGULAR

$3.64

US: $4.27

State average on 2026-10-27. Source: AAA

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Jon Ossoff by U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain; Mike Collins by United States Congress, Public domain.

Positions checked 2026-10-23. Things they agree on are left out on purpose. Spot something wrong? Use the feedback button and we will fix it.