Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Thursday suspended his bid to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff after a private phone call with Gov. Brian Kemp, who told King and other candidates he would not support their campaigns as he works behind the scenes to anoint a preferred candidate.

Staying off the Senate ballot didn’t mean Gov. Brian Kemp would stay out of the Georgia GOP primary. Not even close.

Collins also had his TRANQ Act signed into law by then-President Joe Biden in 2023. That legislation directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study xylazine and synthetic opioids, which have taken a high toll on the lives of Americans. Collins was the first freshman member of the 118th Congress to have a bill signed into law.

Georgia's 2026 Senate race creates conflict between Trump advisers and Gov. Kemp, who floated Derek Dooley as a potential Republican candidate to challenge Democrat Ossoff.

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican Mike Collins said Monday that he will join the field challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the state the GOP has named as their top target to add a Senate seat in 2026.

The ceasefire between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump has been threatened by the state's Republican Senate primary race. The GOP governor had been the top choice to challenge Democratic Sen.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King suspended his Senate campaign on Thursday as the state’s Republican governor looks to another candidate to fulfill the GOP’s hopes of ousting Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

Georgia is becoming a must-win state for Democrats. Ossoff’s midterms race may tell us a lot about the future of the Senate and the White House.

Gov. Brian Kemp is making a late push to help lay the groundwork for former football coach Derek Dooley’s U.S. Senate bid — directly telling Insurance Commissioner John King and U.S. Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter he won’t support their campaigns.