US midterm primaries 2026 live: Trump pick for Republican candidate in Georgia trails competitor in early counting
by Robert Mackey from US news | The Guardian on (#76BZY)
Voters have also been casting ballots in Alabama and Oklahoma, and in Washington DC, for the first time in over 10 years, the city will elect a new mayor in November
About 40% of the vote has been counted in Georgia and in the Republican primary for governor, the Trump-backed candidate, Burt Jones, trails the healthcare billionaire, Rick Jackson, 58%-42%.
In the Republican primary for the US Senate, the Trump-endorsed candidate, Mike Collins, narrowly leads former football coach Derek Dooley, who is backed by the Georgia governor Brian Kemp, 52%-48%.
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