Polls close in Georgia as Trump's endorsement power faces crucial tests in closely watched races
ATLANTA, Ga. - While he isn't on the ballot, President Donald Trump's immense clout over the GOP faces more key tests on Tuesday in high-stakes Republican runoffs in Georgia, where...
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ATLANTA, Ga. - While he isn't on the ballot, President Donald Trump 's immense clout over the GOP faces more key tests on Tuesday in high-stakes Republican runoffs in Georgia, where polls have now closed, and in neighboring Alabama. Trump-endorsed candidates are fighting in competitive showdowns against Republican rivals for the GOP gubernatorial and Senate nominations in battleground Georgia and for the Senate in solidly red Alabama. Tuesday's contests in Georgia and Alabama come as Oklahoma and the District of Columbia hold primary elections, and voters in California's 14th Congressional District will vote in a special election to narrow the field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to fill the seat left vacant when scandal-plagued Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned. But the biggest spotlight is on Georgia, where Trump made an 11th-hour endorsement this past weekend in the Senate race, which is one of a handful of midterm election contests across the country that will decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Trump endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion and strong supporter of the president, who is facing off against former college football coach Derek Dooley, who has the support of popular conservative Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp . "It's an honor to have that endorsement. It just shows that he has confidence that we know how to win this race, we know we're in the lead in this thing," Collins told Fox News Digital on Sunday, hours after landing Trump's endorsement. Asked if Trump's endorsement i n Georgia came too late to make a difference, Collins said, "I don't think President Trump ever is too late. He has this impeccable ability of putting his thumb right on the scale at the right time with whatever he wants to do." Dooley, who's running as an outsider, said in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff that the president's backing of his rival "doesn't ch…