AJC: “The three leading Republican contenders for U.S. Senate all gave him their blessings.”
One year into Donald Trump’s second administration, Georgia’s GOP U.S. Senate candidates “MAGA warrior” Buddy Carter, MAGA extremist Mike Collins, and failed and fired former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley are all standing by his harmful agenda that’s hiking costs for Georgians, according to the AJC.
The reporting comes after the ACA open enrollment deadline passed and Georgians are now being forced to pay skyrocketing insurance premiums after Buddy Carter and Mike Collins consistently voted against any extension of the tax credits—a position that Dooley supports.
Additionally, Carter, Collins, and Dooley continue to stand behind Trump’s disastrous tariffs that are wrecking Georgia’s economy despite the University of Georgia warning that the federal policy risks tipping the state into recession.
AJC: One year in, Georgia Republicans largely stick with Donald Trump
By Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam | January 20, 2026
KEY POINTS:
- A year into President Donald Trump’s return to power, Georgia’s top Republicans are standing by him even as he has rattled allies at home and abroad […]
- Through it all, Georgia’s GOP elite have stuck by him. We polled leading GOP contenders for top offices, asking if there were any “red flags” with his leadership. Spoiler alert: there were none.
- The three leading Republican contenders for U.S. Senate all gave him their blessings.
- U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter: “President Trump, despite being opposed by Democrats like [U.S. Sen.] Jon Ossoff at every turn, has spent the first year of his administration making Americans safer and more prosperous. … The first year of Trump’s historic administration can be summed up in four words: Promises made, promises kept.”
- U.S. Rep. Mike Collins: “Making life more affordable for Americans is a choice. Democrats broke our economy and President Trump and House Republicans are fixing their mess.”
- Former football coach Derek Dooley: “In just one year, President Trump has delivered more results than any president in my lifetime because he’s a political outsider who refuses to accept business as usual in Washington.”