Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia Senate race

President Donald Trump has endorsed GOP Rep.

President Donald Trump has endorsed GOP Rep. Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate race, giving the two-term congressman a last-minute boost ahead of Tuesday’s primary runoff.

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Collins is facing former football coach Derek Dooley in a Tuesday runoff after the May 19 primary, when none of the GOP candidates won a majority of the vote. Collins finished first in that contest, with 40% of the vote to Dooley’s 30%, followed by Rep. Buddy Carter with 25%.

Both Dooley and Collins had been vying for Trump’s endorsement, but some Georgia Republicans have long believed that Trump was more likely to back Collins, who was pitching himself as a staunch Trump ally.