Democrat Jon Ossoff wins Georgia US Senate race

Ossoff is re-elected for a second term, winning a key seat for Democrats as the party tries to retake the Senate.

US Senator Jon Ossoff speaks at a campaign event in DeKalb County, Decatur, Georgia, on November 2, 2026 [AFP]

Incumbent Democratic US Senator Jon Ossoff has won re-election in the state of Georgia, one of the midterm cycle’s marquee contests.

He has defeated Republican Congressman Mike Collins, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump who faced intense scrutiny during the campaign regarding alleged ties to people espousing white supremacist ideology.

Ossoff, who has served as a US senator since 2021, campaigned on affordability, healthcare, and government accountability.

Collins, meanwhile, focused on the president’s agenda, immigration enforcement and reducing the size of the government.

Republicans had hoped to defeat Ossoff, the first Jewish senator in a state that backed former President Joe Biden in 2020 before reversing course and narrowly supporting Trump four years later.

Ossoff, seen by some as a possible contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, will rejoin his fellow Democrat in the Senate, Raphael Warnock, Georgia’s first Black senator, who is also rumoured to be considering a run for the presidency.

Georgia’s US Senate seats were critical for building the Democratic Party’s power in Congress and in the South, a largely Republican stronghold.

Ossoff was leading Collins 63 percent to 29 percent with 56 percent of votes counted, according to the Associated Press news agency.

Trump won Georgia narrowly in 2024 after losing the state to Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

In 2023, Trump and others were charged in Georgia with attempting to overturn the 2020 election loss by pressuring a senior state official to recalculate the results in his favour. The case was dismissed after Trump returned to office in 2025.

奥索夫成功连任，为民主党赢得一个关键席位，帮助该党重新夺回参议院的控制权。

2026年11月2日，美国参议员乔恩·奥索夫在佐治亚州迪凯特市迪卡尔布县的一次竞选活动上发表讲话。[法新社]

美国现任民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在佐治亚州成功连任，这是中期选举周期中最受瞩目的选举之一。

他击败了共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯，后者是唐纳德·特朗普总统的坚定盟友，在竞选期间因涉嫌与信奉白人至上主义意识形态的人有联系而受到严厉审查。

自 2021 年以来一直担任美国参议员的奥索夫，其竞选纲领包括提高民众负担能力、加强医疗保健和加强政府问责制。

与此同时，柯林斯则专注于总统的议程、移民执法和缩减政府规模。

共和党人原本希望击败奥索夫，他是该州首位犹太裔参议员。该州在 2020 年支持了前总统乔·拜登，但在四年后改变了立场，以微弱优势支持了特朗普。

奥索夫被一些人视为 2028 年民主党总统候选人提名的潜在竞争者，他将与他在参议院的民主党同僚拉斐尔·沃诺克重聚。沃诺克是佐治亚州第一位黑人参议员，据传他也在考虑竞选总统。

佐治亚州的美国参议院席位对于民主党在国会和南方（共和党的大本营）建立权力至关重要。

据美联社报道，在已统计的 56% 的选票中，奥索夫以 63% 对 29% 的得票率领先于柯林斯。

特朗普在 2024 年以微弱优势赢得了佐治亚州，而他在 2020 年总统大选中输给了拜登。

2023年，特朗普等人因涉嫌向佐治亚州一名高级官员施压，要求其重新计算2020年大选结果以使其有利于特朗普，在佐治亚州被起诉，试图推翻2020年大选结果。2025年特朗普连任后，该案被撤销。