Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff cruised to re-election, easily securing a seat that Republicans initially prized but all but gave up on by the end of the cycle.
The Associated Press called the race just before 8 pm eastern time.
Ossoff trounced Republican Mike Collins after a brutal race dominated by the Republican's personal baggage and his associations with people who expressed white supremacist views.
A limp economy and rising prices also didn't help Collins, who was vastly underfunded.
Ossoff turned his 2026 campaign into a vehicle for national stardom and his convincing victory will only rekindle speculation about a 2028 presidential run.
While campaigning this fall, he made the President as much his opponent as Collins.
At an August town hall alongside Senator Mark Kelly, he called Trump a 'draft-dodging crook president.'
Days earlier, at an Atlanta rally, he said there was something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war, a shot at the Iran conflict. Trump responded by calling Ossoff 'Pee-wee Herman.'
Ossoff raised nearly $125 million by the end of September, against Collins's $5.8 million.
Senator Jon Ossoff won his race easily on Tuesday night, defeating Mike Collins
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, center, joined by former President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Sen. Jon Ossoff, walk off stage after a rally ahead of the general election
Collins, a Republican congressman and trucking company owner who received Trump's backing in the GOP primary, faced mounting questions about his own controversial social media activity and people in his political and family circles
That made him the top-raising Senate candidate in the country, and nearly all of his donations were under $100.
He insisted he has 'zero interest in running for president,' but his win will only feed the 2028 speculation.
In their October 9 debate, Ossoff called Collins 'the bigot congressman' and said he had 'hired half the Third Reich' to staff his congressional office.
He also cited a 2024 video Collins reshared from Ole Miss showing white students making monkey noises at a Black woman, with Collins's caption 'Ole Miss taking care of business.'
Ossoff said that if John Lewis were marching today, Collins would be grabbing a billy club. Asked what he had said to his son-in-law, Collins began his answer with 'That's my family,' then said he condemned racism, antisemitism and hate.
Trump carried the state in 2024 by just over two percentage points.
But Ossoff built a large polling lead throughout the fall, rendering the race uncompetitive for national Republicans.
Collins, a Republican congressman and trucking company owner who received Trump's backing in the GOP primary, faced mounting questions about his own controversial social media activity and people in his political and family circles.
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His son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, drew scrutiny over Nazi imagery and other online content reported by CNN and The Washington Post.
A former Collins staffer, Preston Parra, also posted images of a swastika and himself in what appeared to be Ku Klux Klan robes, while a former chief of staff was replaced after reports about his participation in a group chat involving far-right figures Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer.
Collins said he condemned racism and antisemitism.
Ossoff made the controversy a central issue during the campaign, and on stage during debate challenging his opponent over the people in his orbit.
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