Georgia general election: November 3, 2026
Who is running for U.S. Senator (Georgia) in 2026?
Here are the candidates for U.S. Senator on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for all voters in Georgia.
Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.
Side by side
Each candidate's position on the issues this office handles, from their own record. Details and sources are in each profile below.
| Issue | Mike CollinsRepublican | Jon OssoffDemocrat |
|---|---|---|
| Income taxes | Cut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporationsVoted · medium | Raise taxes on the highest earners and corporations to pay for programsVoted · medium |
| Safety net programs | Keep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsVoted · medium | No public position |
| Minimum wage | No public position | Raise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingOfficial action · medium |
| Business regulation | Cut regulations broadly and let the market sort it outSaid · high | No public position |
| Healthcare | Private insurance with more competition and price transparency, keeping protections for pre-existing conditionsVoted · medium | No public position |
| Abortion | Illegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestOfficial action · low | Legal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)Voted · high |
| Guns | Remove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightOfficial action · medium | Add universal background checks and red-flag lawsOfficial action · medium |
| Immigration | Secure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadyVoted · medium | Secure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadyVoted · medium |
| Foreign policy | A strong military; help allies only when it clearly serves U.S. interestsSaid · medium | No public position |
| Energy and climate | Maximize oil and gas; climate rules hurt the economyOfficial action · low | No public position |
| Politicians trading stocks | No, ban it for members and their spousesVoted · medium | No, ban it for members and their spousesOfficial action · high |
| Redistricting | No public position | Independent commissions draw maps, with a national ban on partisan gerrymanderingVoted · medium |
| Campaign finance | No public position | Overturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignsVoted · low |
| Death penalty | No public position | Abolish it and use life without parole insteadOfficial action · medium |
| Mandatory minimums | Add or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickingVoted · medium | Add or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickingVoted · medium |
| Student loans | Cap borrowing, simplify repayment, and skip broad forgivenessVoted · medium | No public position |
| Kids online | No public position | Also require safe-by-default design and a legal duty of careOfficial action · medium |
| Birthright citizenship | No, end it for children of parents here illegally or temporarilyOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| E-Verify mandate | Require it for all employersVoted · medium | No public position |
| Transgender athletes | No, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwideVoted · medium | No public position |
| Aid to Israel | Keep full aid without new conditionsVoted · medium | No public position |
Mike Collins
RepublicanU.S. Representative from Georgia's 10th District (since 2023)
Mike Collins is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot1. He has represented Georgia's 10th Congressional District since 2023 and, with his wife, started a trucking company in the early 1990s that employs more than 100 people2. He has also served as chairman of a credit union board and as president of his local chamber of commerce2.
Where they stand 17 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
Business regulationCut regulations broadly and let the market sort it outhigh
Said · high confidenceIncome taxesCut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporationsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget bill whose text includes Medicaid community engagement requirements and changes to SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults. (2025-07-03) source
- Cosponsored the Death Tax Repeal Act, which would repeal the federal estate tax. (2025-02-13) source
Safety net programsKeep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, whose text adds Medicaid community engagement (work) requirements and modifies SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults. (2025-07-03) source
HealthcarePrivate insurance with more competition and price transparency, keeping protections for pre-existing conditionsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which includes association health plans and pharmacy benefit manager rules. (2025-12-17) source
GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium
ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Secure America Act, which funds immigration enforcement and border security through 2029. (2026-06-09) source
- Sponsored the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29), which requires detention of unauthorized immigrants charged with theft and certain other crimes. (2025-01-03) source
- Voted for the Secure the Border Act of 2023, whose text includes an E-Verify requirement. (2023-05-11) source
- Wrote on his campaign site "We need mass deportations, lower interest rates, and less government red tape" when discussing housing costs. (2026-05) source
E-Verify mandateRequire it for all employersmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Secure the Border Act of 2023, whose text includes an E-Verify requirement. (2023-05-11) source
Mandatory minimumsAdd or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickingmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the HALT Fentanyl Act, which adds fentanyl-related substances to Schedule I and to the Controlled Substances Act trafficking penalty provisions. (2023-05-25) source
- Voted for the HALT Fentanyl Act, which adds fentanyl-related substances to Schedule I and to the Controlled Substances Act trafficking penalty provisions. (2025-06-12) source
Student loansCap borrowing, simplify repayment, and skip broad forgivenessmedium
Transgender athletesNo, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwidemedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a federal rule basing girls' and women's school sports eligibility on sex at birth. (2023-04-20) source
- Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a federal rule basing girls' and women's school sports eligibility on sex at birth. (2025-01-14) source
- Cosponsored the Defend Girls Athletics Act, which would require schools and colleges to ensure "biological fairness" in women's sports as a condition of federal funds. (2025-07-14) source
Aid to IsraelKeep full aid without new conditionsmedium
Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spousesmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act, which restricts members of Congress, their spouses and dependents from covered stock investments. (2026-07-22) source
Birthright citizenshipNo, end it for children of parents here illegally or temporarilymedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025, which would limit automatic citizenship at birth. (2025-01-21) source
Foreign policyA strong military; help allies only when it clearly serves U.S. interestsmedium
Said · medium confidence- Wrote on his campaign site that he believes in "peace through strength" and an America First foreign policy in which allies "carry their share of the burden," but that the U.S. cannot "keep writing blank checks." (2026-05) source
AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestlow
Official action · low confidence- Cosponsored the Life at Conception Act of 2025, which would extend legal protection to unborn children from fertilization. (2025-01-24) source
Energy and climateMaximize oil and gas; climate rules hurt the economylow
Official action · low confidence- Sponsored the Diesel Truck Liberation Act of 2026, which would bar enforcement of Clean Air Act rules on emissions control devices. (2026-03-25) source
- Sponsored the Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act, which directs the Interior Department to identify categorical exclusions related to the production and export of coal. (2025-06-23) source
- Cosponsored the Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act, which would put an executive order on state energy rules into law. (2025-07-25) source
No public position found on: National debt, Social Security, Minimum wage, Trade and tariffs, Judges, Marijuana, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.
Jon Ossoff
Democrat · IncumbentU.S. Senator from Georgia (since 2021)
Jon Ossoff is the incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator from Georgia and is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for re-election1. He has served in the Senate since 2021 and describes his work as including laws on online child safety, fentanyl trafficking, veterans' mental health care and prison corruption2.
Where they stand 12 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)high
Voted · high confidence- Voted yes on cloture to take up the Women's Health Protection Act, which would protect abortion access by federal law (the motion failed 46 to 48). (2022-02-28) source
- Voted yes again on cloture to take up the Women's Health Protection Act (the motion failed 49 to 51). (2022-05-11) source
- Said the Dobbs decision "stripped American women of autonomy over their most personal health care decisions," that under Georgia's HB481 women and providers could face prosecution as early as six weeks, and that he will "continue to fight for the principles of Roe v. Wade." (2022-06-24) source
Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spouseshigh
Official action · high confidence- Said on the Senate floor that "the American people want Members of Congress to stop trading stocks" and asked the Senate to pass his resolution banning senators from trading stocks or crypto starting Jan. 1, 2027. (2026-06-23) source
- Sponsored the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act in the 119th Congress (S. 1879). (2025-05-22) source
Minimum wageRaise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, which would raise the federal minimum wage in steps. (2021-01-26) source
RedistrictingIndependent commissions draw maps, with a national ban on partisan gerrymanderingmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted yes on cloture to take up the For the People Act (the motion failed 50 to 50). (2021-06-22) source
- Voted yes on cloture to take up the Freedom to Vote Act (failed 49 to 51). (2021-10-20) source
- Voted yes on cloture to take up the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (failed 50 to 49 against the 60-vote threshold). (2021-11-03) source
- Cosponsored the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025. (2025-07-29) source
Kids onlineAlso require safe-by-default design and a legal duty of caremedium
Income taxesRaise taxes on the highest earners and corporations to pay for programsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, whose text includes a 15 percent corporate minimum tax and an excise tax on stock repurchases (passed 50 to 50 with the vice president breaking the tie). (2022-08-07) source
Mandatory minimumsAdd or lengthen them for serious crimes like fentanyl traffickingmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the HALT Fentanyl Act, which adds fentanyl-related substances to Schedule I and to the Controlled Substances Act trafficking penalty provisions (passed 84 to 16). (2025-03-14) source
ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the Laken Riley Act, which requires detention of unauthorized immigrants charged with theft and certain other crimes (passed 64 to 35). (2025-01-20) source
Campaign financeOverturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignslow
Voted · low confidence- Voted yes on cloture to take up the For the People Act, which included campaign finance and ethics provisions (failed 50 to 50). (2021-06-22) source
Supreme Court reformNo single answer fitsmedium
Official action · medium confidence
No public position found on: National debt, Social Security, Safety net programs, Business regulation, Healthcare, Trade and tariffs, Foreign policy, Energy and climate, Judges, Marijuana, Term limits, Electoral College, Qualified immunity, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, Aid to Israel, Aid to Ukraine, China policy.
Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.